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UN-backed watchdog declares famine in Gaza City for first time

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) was recently accused of lowering its famine threshold in Gaza but has denied doing so

By Jacob Jaffa

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August 22, 2025 09:15

The IPC has declared a famine in Gaza City for the first time (Image: Getty)

UN-backed watchdog lowers famine threshold in Gaza report

The move, as well as the addition of a new metric, will likely make it easier for the agency to declare a famine in the Strip compared to in other parts of the world

By Jacob Jaffa

3 min read

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August 13, 2025 12:26

The IPC has reportedly lowered its threshold to declare famine in Gaza (Image: Getty)

Hamas to be added to UN sexual violence ‘blacklist’

However, the UN’s secretary-general also hinted that Israel could be included on the list next year

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

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August 13, 2025 09:48

Protesters gathered in London last year holding up plackards that read: "Rape is not resistance" (Image: Getty)

US terror victims sue Unrwa over alleged Hamas links

The claim follows a Supreme Court ruling which allowed US citizens to bring civil claims against international orgnisations accused of supporting terrorism

By Andrew Bernard

2 min read

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August 8, 2025 15:20

Unrwa has been sued in US federal court over allegations of links with Hamas (Image: Getty)

Nearly 90% of UN aid is intercepted before reaching intended recipients

The UN claims that ‘hungry people or armed actors’ are taking aid en route to distribution points

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

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August 1, 2025 12:32

A Palestinian volunteer distributes bags of flour at a UN World Food Programme (WFP) warehouse on Al-Jalaa street in Gaza City, in the northern Gaza Strip on July 12, 2025. Indirect talks between Hamas and Israel for a ceasefire in Gaza are being held up by Israel's proposals to keep troops in the territory, two Palestinian sources with knowledge of the discussions told AFP on July 12. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP) (Photo by OMAR AL-QATTAA/AFP via Getty Images)

Canada becomes third G7 nation to announce it will recognise Palestine at UN conference

Prime Minister Mark Carney said the decision was ‘predicated on the Palestinian Authority’s commitment to much-needed reforms’

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

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July 31, 2025 09:40

Canada has announced it will recognise a Palestinian State at a UN General Assembly meeting in September (Image: Getty)

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Europe fails to stand up for the Druze in Syria and falls for Hamas propaganda

The widening strategic disconnect between Israel and many Western governments – and the inability even to agree on basic facts – is a deeply troubling development

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July 23, 2025 13:26

Smoke rises in the distance as Bedouin and other fighters gather in the city of Sweida in southern Syria's Druze majority province on July 19, 2025. (Image: Getty)

Israel refuses to renew UN humanitarian chief’s visa over ‘biased and hostile conduct’

Jonathan Whittall will leave the country ‘in the near future’ and will not be able to return unless a future application is approved, Israeli officials confirmed

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

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July 21, 2025 10:48

Israel has declined to renew the visa of Jonathan Whittall, head of the UN's humanitarian office in Jerusalem (Image: X/@UNOCHA_ar)

By Jake Wallis Simons

The UN’s anti-Israel inquisition is falling apart – finally

All three commissioners of the UNHRC’s “permanent inquiry” into Israel have abruptly quit after their colleague Albanese was hit with UN sanctions. If it was so easy to get rid of them, why wasn’t action taken sooner?

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July 17, 2025 12:52

Navi Pillay, former chair of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory in Geneva, on June 18, 2025. (Image: Getty)

Francesca Albanese sued for defamation by US charities after ‘UN immunity ends’

The UK’s Israel policy ignores facts and history

British academic behind IPC famine report posted about ‘Gaza genocide’ three weeks after October 7

Security Council approves final renewal of Unifil mandate

European countries trigger snapback sanctions against Iran

US blocks renewal of Unifil mandate in Lebanon

The numbers just don’t support the UN-backed Gaza famine report

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