E. Mark Windle 21 April 2025. Following the Arab-Israeli war of the late 1940s, a top priority for the displaced in Gaza, West Bank, Lebanon and Syria was to tackle the need for physical shelter. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) was a response to theContinue reading “Early Days—UNRWA and the Camps of Gaza”
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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”
This Parched Land: The Weaponisation of Water in Gaza
Access to clean water is essential for survival, yet over two billion people lack it, particularly in Gaza where military actions and infrastructure destruction restrict supply. The situation worsened post-October 2023 due to war, leading to disease outbreaks among children. Future recovery hinges on urgent WASH initiatives and international cooperation.
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”