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Wise words, from Michael Ignatieff , each of us in our own countries need to consider what the new strategy means. For the issues each country faces and for the issues as a global community we face and must address together and the new/renewed alliances we must forge and re-ignite to deal with them. Above all what we must resist is the forces and seeds of division that are being sown amongst us with malign intent.   Angela

Greetings all.  I am sure this statement from a very respected and well known colleague to many people, comes as a very sobering reflection that resonates with many in various shades of meaning:  "One cannot celebrate humanity and the organisations that work on aid when both are largely paralysed in the face of a genocide that has been unfolding for almost two years." (Khaled Mansour, New Humanitarian).  It may be good to reflect, ourselves, on what new advocacy can really rest on on/build on, in the future, in the aftermath of both Gaza and now Sudan, the new inconvenient silent disaster.   Above all what are we learning from the huge groundswell for social justice, for protection for rights, that DOES exist across the world, manifest in the many demonstrations, protests, demands for change etc? How to narrow the gap between the caller and the listener and what does re-imagined humanity mean?  Angela

Article shared by Angela Raven-Roberts More on the uses of food and blockades etc. An important read but the GHF militarization plan cannot be depicted as "humanitarian". Angela Click here for the original article Summary Alex de Waal, a leading famine expert, critiques Israel’s strategy of using food as a weapon in Gaza, comparing it to colonial counter-insurgency tactics. Drawing parallels with Britain’s “Operation Starvation” in 1950s Malaya, he argues that Israel’s modern variant—combining blockade, surveillance, and algorithmic targeting—pushes the concept into the digital age. The newly proposed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) is a selective, militarised aid system meant to bypass traditional UN channels and deny aid to Hamas operatives. De Waal warns that the approach is logistically inadequate, morally dubious, and lacks a viable political solution, potentially leading to mass starvation and long-term consequences for both Gaza and Israel. Quotes “Israel has taken...

Article shared by Angela Raven Roberts Greetings - I am posting links to an upcoming series of articles in Disasters which review changing debates and emerging issues on famine and food insecurity. As we all witness the rapidly changing global order and the changing humanitarian business model and architecture, it will be pertinent to see how the weaponization of food (in) security issues will continue to play out into this new future. Best regards Angela.

Shared by Angela Raven Roberts Greetings, here is the latest from Alex De Waal, a go at making sense of some key issues to do with aid and trade, as it were...enjoy. Angela