Was Live Friday, August 8, 2025 | 11am PST
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Guest Speakers
- Alex de Waal, Executive Director, World Peace Foundation; expert on famine and mass atrocity, Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University
- Budour Hassan, Amnesty International’s researcher on Israel and Palestine
- Afeef Nessouli, Journalist and aid worker, just returned from 9 weeks volunteering in Gaza
Event Overview
After nearly two years of war between Israel and Hamas, Gaza is in ruins. Over 60,000 people have been killed—18,000 of them children, according to UNICEF. The majority of Gaza’s 2 million residents have been displaced, left without homes, clean water, or consistent access to food. For months, many have faced what international agencies now describe as catastrophic levels of hunger.
Despite repeated denials by Israeli officials, the global consensus is clear: Gaza is on the brink of famine. Religious leaders, humanitarian groups, and global heads of state, including President Donald Trump, have acknowledged that starvation is taking place.
UNICEF, the UN Fund for Children’s emergencies, last week called for more humanitarian and commercial traffic to come into Gaza, calling for “flooding the strip with supplies using all channels and all gates” to combat the spiraling death rates that accompany aid blockades, war and hunger.
Join us for a critical conversation exploring the roots of this crisis, the conditions on the ground, and what must be done to protect the lives of Gaza’s children and families.
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