Opinion | Palestine Needs Immediate Attention to Stave off Major Food Crisis

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Opinion | Palestine Needs Immediate Attention to Stave off Major Food Crisis
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'Gaza's pre-existing extreme poverty and high unemployment leaves it with no margins whatsoever to accommodate any more calamities.'

, and Palestinians are slowly being driven out and replaced by a growing population of illegal Israeli Jewish settlers.

The rapidly rising food prices are hurting the very farmers and herders who are responsible for filling the massive gaps caused by the global food insecurity as a result of war. According to Oxfam, theof animal feed is up by 60% in the West Bank, which adds to the"existing burden" faced by herders, including"worsening violent attacks by Israeli settlers" and"forced displacement", as in ethnic cleansing resulting from Israeli annexation policies.

Though it may bring partial relief, even a halt to the Russia-Ukraine war will not end Palestine's food insecurity, as this issue is instigated and prolonged by specific Israeli policies. In the case of Gaza, the crisis is, in fact, fully manufactured by Israel with specific political designs in mind.

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