E. Mark Windle 18 February 2026. Last year’s nutrition-related headlines in Gaza were hardly in short supply. In the spring of 2025, there was a three-month complete aid blockade on a background of chronically restricted border access. By August, over 54,600 children were acutely malnourished, 40% of pregnant and breastfeeding women were severely malnourished, andContinue reading “Malnutrition Relief or Empty Calories? Gaza Food Aid Composition, Distribution and Effectiveness”
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Failure, Fatalities and Falsehood: The Dire Legacy of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation
E. Mark Windle 2 January 2026 From a chronological perspective, my previous book The Hundred Year Hunger ended tracking events in Gaza with its publication during Spring 2025. At that point, Trump’s idea of a US takeover of Gaza was being proposed, and a separate “Arab Plan” for reconstruction was under discussion in Cairo. Meanwhile,Continue reading “Failure, Fatalities and Falsehood: The Dire Legacy of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation”
Gaza and the Floating Pier: The 230 Million Dollar Turkey
E. Mark Windle 22 June 2025. Following the events of 7 October 2023, the effects of Netanyahu’s declaration of war and instructions of a complete blockade by Defence Minister Yoav Gallant were immediate. The water supply via the Mekerot pipeline network into the Strip was halted. Gazans were now wholly dependent on existing stocks ofContinue reading “Gaza and the Floating Pier: The 230 Million Dollar Turkey”
Press Release: The Hundred Year Hunger by E. Mark Windle
E. Mark Windle 6 June 2025 “The paradox is that the tale of Palestine from the beginning until today is a simple story of colonialism and dispossession, yet the world treats it as a multifaceted and complex story — hard to understand and even harder to solve.” (Ilan Pappé) It is a tragic sign ofContinue reading “Press Release: The Hundred Year Hunger by E. Mark Windle”
The ‘Review of Famine Reports’ and Gaza— the UKLFI are at it Again
E. Mark Windle 31 March 2025. In the recent Review of Famine Reports, the UK Lawyers for Israel organisation (UKLFI) lodged their complaint regarding use of the Integrated Phase Classification categorisation of the risk and existence of famine in Gaza. Their allegations have included the use of inaccurate statistics, misinterpretation of raw data and poor dataContinue reading “The ‘Review of Famine Reports’ and Gaza— the UKLFI are at it Again”
A Question of Famine: IPC Food Security Phases and the Gaza Debate
E. Mark Windle 25 March 2025. (Audio version is also available here for Medium members) Humanitarian crises management requires input from a range of invested but not necessarily directly connected agencies. One element of coordinating interventions involves common understanding of the current state of food insecurity. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) scale addressesContinue reading “A Question of Famine: IPC Food Security Phases and the Gaza Debate”
The Hundred Year Hunger. Reflecting on a Work in Progress
The paradox is that the tale of Palestine from the beginning until today is a simple story of colonialism and dispossession, yet the world treats it as a multifaceted and complex story—hard to understand and even harder to solve. Ilan Pappé, On Palestine E. Mark Windle 17 December 2024 When I started out on theContinue reading “The Hundred Year Hunger. Reflecting on a Work in Progress”
Malnutrition and Mortality in Gaza, One Year Later. Who’s Counting the Dead?
E. Mark Windle 1 November 2024. It’s a tragic sign of the times when little introductory narrative is needed to set the near-apocalyptic scene that exists in Gaza today. The world watches from a distance as Israel’s onslaught continues and the civilian death toll escalates to unimaginable levels. Now, the nightmare that Palestinian survivors are currentlyContinue reading “Malnutrition and Mortality in Gaza, One Year Later. Who’s Counting the Dead?”
Gaza and the Innocent Casualties of War: From Food Insecurity to Man-Made Famine.
E. Mark Windle 18 November 2023. The history of the conflict between Israel and Hamas is a complex and protracted one. As the latest escalation continues with airstrikes and ground invasions in Gaza, various political parties, the public and media across the globe debate the definition of Israel’s right to defend itself and the questionableContinue reading “Gaza and the Innocent Casualties of War: From Food Insecurity to Man-Made Famine.”