So the US is unlikely to speak out against the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation; the rest of the world should. I agree with the Doctors Without Borders coordinator who stated "The global inaction to stop Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is baffling." (16/16) www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/us-ba...
Worth noting: forced relocation of a minority population was considered one aspect of genocidal behavior by the lawyers working to define genocide under international law after WWII. This aspect did not make it into current-day law. (15/N) www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrhB...
Meanwhile, Trump's admin considers a 38-page plan -- circulated by some of the same Israeli & US consulting group actors who created GHF! -- to turn Gaza into a US trusteeship for transformation into a tourist destination: a “Riviera of the Middle East” (14/N) www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Two letters from democratic representatives and senators, respectively, demand investigation of / an end to US funding for GHF. But our ties to GFH go far beyond the $30M we have provided, as described in the representatives' letter: (13/N)
The World Food Program and 240 other humanitarian groups have called for dismantling the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, citing its violations of international law and humanitarian principles. Even the Foundation’s first director resigned in May over these concerns. (12/N) www.cnn.com/2025/05/26/m...
Twenty‑eight nations, including Australia, France, and the UK, have condemned “the drip feeding of aid and the inhumane killing of civilians, including children, seeking to meet their most basic needs.” (11/N) www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
The Foundation does not even operate north of the Netzarim Corridor -- e.g. in Gaza City, now being decimated by Israeli bombing -- where hunger is most severe. This choice seems designed for displacement. (10/N) www.npr.org/2025/08/22/n...
GHF does not provide the high-nutrient, ready‑to‑use therapeutic foods (RUTF) critical for the thousands of Gazan children with severe acute malnutrition. By early August, RUTFs were so scarce that only 3% of the starving kids who needed them got them. (9/N) news.un.org/en/story/202...
Experts say the Foundation’s aid boxes are inadequate. Unlike the UN, it does not distribute fuel, water, or medical supplies, even though much of its food requires fuel and water to cook. The boxed food is also missing essential minerals and vitamins. (8/N) www.bbc.com/news/article...
Associated Press videos show hundreds of Palestinians crowded between metal gates, jostling for food aid and crouching down for cover amid the sound of bullets and stun grenades. In some videos, English-speaking men encourage each other after bursts of gunfire. (7/N) apnews.com/article/pale...
Furthermore, over 800 Gazans have been killed and thousands wounded by Israeli soldiers and Foundation contractors while trying to reach these sites, violence described as “war crimes” by former contractor and American veteran Anthony Aguilar. (6/N) www.timesofisrael.com/ex-us-contra...
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is a food ANTI-distribution system. (5/N) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Hu...
Since Israel's total blockade eased in May, GHF has delivered only a trickle of aid at four military‑controlled sites — averaging 69 trucks a day, far short of the 500–600 trucks needed and working at well below the UN’s former 400 distribution points. (4/N) news.un.org/en/story/202...
But Israel has banned the WFP from aid distribution; it ONLY allows food distribute by the newly-created, private organization called the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. (3/N) www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzCi...
First: this starvation is not an inevitable outcome of war, or a lack of aid money. The UN World Food Program has enough food ready to feed Gaza’s 2.1 million residents for three months. (2/N) news.un.org/en/story/202...
Why are so many children starving to death in Gaza? We can chalk it up to the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. A thread (1/N) www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...
It’s so OCD. And / or just bizarre that you think because that precise sentence would have been helpful for you, ALL other readers MUST also need that exact same sentence.
My friends from other disciplines are shocked by the insanely tiny details that Econ reviewers insist on controlling. Here’s a great example.
Anybody spent time in Stellenbosch and have experiences to share? Considering spending a couple months there with my husband and 2yo during sabbatical this year — when it gets super malarious in Uganda.
Relatedly: anyone ever deep dived on the effects of months of malarone for toddlers?
Yeah that has got to be it. Dropping different FE. I have code for checking this in R but not Stata. But will check.
I’m confused about why, though. Two essentially identical specifications. Why would Stata drop different FE?
Answers that turn out to be wrong: Covariates (eliminated them), varying samples (now keeping only the shared sample). Results are SIMILAR but not identical and for one outcome qualitatively different. What’s going on??
Y_dst = b0 + b1 T_dst * I_ds + g_d + g_stI
d=district, t=year, s=state. Continuous T varies by d and t, interacted with 2-level I that varies by d. So b1 a vector. gs are district and state-time-indicator FE.
WHY IS THAT b1 NOT THE SAME AS FROM:
Y_dst = b0 + b1 T_dst + g_d + g_stI for I=0,1
Also, excellent reporting about the disastrous “food distribution system” that is the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/p...
Literally joined this platform (finally) to share this AEDE blog. If you are not heartbroken at the scale of child suffering in Gaza, you are not paying attention. Call your federal rep — at the very least. u.osu.edu/aede/2025/07...