israelfacts: Israel calculated the number of calories Palestinians would need to avoid malnutrition
israelfacts:Israel calculated the number of calories Palestinians would need to avoid malnutrition under its blockade of the Gaza Strip, according to a study the government was forced to release“The idea is to put the Palestinians on a diet, but not to make them die of hunger.”— Dov Weisglass, an adviser to Ehud Olmert, the then Israeli Prime MinisterPhotograph: A boy in south Gaza at the time the UN ran out of Palestinian food supplies in 2008 after Israel blocked deliveries. Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/ReutersRead also:UN experts: Israel’s blockade of Gaza is illegal80% of Palestinians in Gaza reliant on food aidGaza ‘will not be liveable by 2020’ - UN reportFigures on Palestinian food security require closer lookTurkey will never forget 9 Turks killed by Israeli troops on aid flotilla -- source link
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