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Join Avi as he breaks down what is causing the worsening famine in Gaza. He covers why Israel is manufacturing this famine, and details the US' history of providing diplomatic cover for Israeli induced famines in Gaza. In light of Israel's recent attacks in defense of the Druze in Syria, he then discusses why Israel treats its Druze population so differently from its Palestinian minority.
Sources:
https://www-haaretz-com.revproxy.brown.edu/israel-news/2025-07-23/ty-article/.premium/a-smokescreen-for-inaction-aid-groups-issue-urgent-call-to-end-starvation-in-gaza/00000198-3410-d96b-a5ff-fcd96ef80000
https://www-haaretz-com.revproxy.brown.edu/opinion/editorial/2025-07-22/ty-article-opinion/israels-minister-of-starvation-is-strangling-the-only-viable-aid-agency-for-gaza/00000198-339b-d96b-a5ff-ffdbf6a40000
https://www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-north-africa/east-mediterranean-mena/israelpalestine/gaza-starvation-experiment
https://www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-north-africa/east-mediterranean-mena/israelpalestine/gaza-starvation-experiment
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/06/middleeast/israeli-minister-smotrich-starve-gazans-intl
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/world/middleeast/aid-groups-gaza-starvation.html
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/joint-statement-on-the-occupied-palestinian-territories#:~:text=We%20condemn%20the%20drip%20feeding,been%20killed%20while%20seeking%20aid.
https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2378-1&num=0&edition=prelim
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/24/blinken-ignored-us-assessments-that-israel-blocked-aid-to-gaza-report?utm_source=chatgpt.com
https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-pressuring-humanitarian-groups-to-get-behind-israeli-aid-plan-for-gaza/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/israel-blocks-aid-gaza-hamas-ceasefire-phase-1-119338884?utm_source=chatgpt.com
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/world/middleeast/who-are-druse-syria-israel-clashes.html
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2016/03/21/5-facts-about-israeli-druze-a-unique-religious-and-ethnic-group/
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c70xyv4z74go
https://gjia.georgetown.edu/2025/04/21/the-druze-community-in-israel-a-model-of-minority-integration/
https://www-haaretz-com.revproxy.brown.edu/israel-news/2025-07-20/ty-article/.premium/three-suspects-released-after-assault-on-mk-ayman-odeh-during-right-wing-riot/00000198-27bb-d19d-abbe-afbf83de0000
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/23/iran-ready-for-war-with-israel-will-not-halt-nuclear-programme-pezeshkian
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/new-us-assessment-finds-american-strikes-destroyed-only-one-three-iran-rcna218761
Join Avi as he breaks down what is causing the worsening famine in Gaza. He covers why Israel is manufacturing this famine, and details the US' history of providing diplomatic cover for Israeli induced famines in Gaza. In light of Israel's recent attacks in defense of the Druze in Syria, he then discusses why Israel treats its Druze population so differently from its Palestinian minority.
Sources:
https://www-haaretz-com.revproxy.brown.edu/israel-news/2025-07-23/ty-article/.premium/a-smokescreen-for-inaction-aid-groups-issue-urgent-call-to-end-starvation-in-gaza/00000198-3410-d96b-a5ff-fcd96ef80000
https://www-haaretz-com.revproxy.brown.edu/opinion/editorial/2025-07-22/ty-article-opinion/israels-minister-of-starvation-is-strangling-the-only-viable-aid-agency-for-gaza/00000198-339b-d96b-a5ff-ffdbf6a40000
https://www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-north-africa/east-mediterranean-mena/israelpalestine/gaza-starvation-experiment
https://www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-north-africa/east-mediterranean-mena/israelpalestine/gaza-starvation-experiment
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/06/middleeast/israeli-minister-smotrich-starve-gazans-intl
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/world/middleeast/aid-groups-gaza-starvation.html
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/joint-statement-on-the-occupied-palestinian-territories#:~:text=We%20condemn%20the%20drip%20feeding,been%20killed%20while%20seeking%20aid.
https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2378-1&num=0&edition=prelim
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/24/blinken-ignored-us-assessments-that-israel-blocked-aid-to-gaza-report?utm_source=chatgpt.com
https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-pressuring-humanitarian-groups-to-get-behind-israeli-aid-plan-for-gaza/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/israel-blocks-aid-gaza-hamas-ceasefire-phase-1-119338884?utm_source=chatgpt.com
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/world/middleeast/who-are-druse-syria-israel-clashes.html
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2016/03/21/5-facts-about-israeli-druze-a-unique-religious-and-ethnic-group/
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c70xyv4z74go
https://gjia.georgetown.edu/2025/04/21/the-druze-community-in-israel-a-model-of-minority-integration/
https://www-haaretz-com.revproxy.brown.edu/israel-news/2025-07-20/ty-article/.premium/three-suspects-released-after-assault-on-mk-ayman-odeh-during-right-wing-riot/00000198-27bb-d19d-abbe-afbf83de0000
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/23/iran-ready-for-war-with-israel-will-not-halt-nuclear-programme-pezeshkian
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/new-us-assessment-finds-american-strikes-destroyed-only-one-three-iran-rcna218761