After complaining about The Free Press in my last post, my statement that I liked it in general may get washed away in the conversation. To make up for that I link to The Gaza Famine Myth by Michael Ames: where it originated, who keeps it going, and what is wrong with it.
But there were serious problems with (Samantha) Power’s sensational testimony. Foremost among them: The IPC never declared a famine in Gaza. The report she cited was a projection of possible outcomes, not a conclusive finding. The next month, USAID issued its own analysis alleging that famine was underway, an indictment so serious that it required confirmation from an independent board of global experts known as the Famine Review Committee (FRC).
The FRC, which functions as the IPC’s final authority and quality control check, rebuked the USAID analysis, calling its conclusions insupportable. The failures were stunning.
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