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Is Gaza’s Hunger Crisis Driving the World to Recognize a Palestinian State?

Is Gaza’s Hunger Crisis Driving the World to Recognize a Palestinian State?

Update: 2025-07-31

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Starvation is spreading in Gaza—not because of a lack of aid, but because humanitarian access is being blocked. Former UN World Food Programme Executive Director and Council Distinguished Fellow Ertharin Cousin joins Deep Dish to analyze how the crisis is fueling a broader diplomatic reckoning, with more nations moving toward recognition of a Palestinian state.

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Is Gaza’s Hunger Crisis Driving the World to Recognize a Palestinian State?

Is Gaza’s Hunger Crisis Driving the World to Recognize a Palestinian State?

Leslie Vinjamuri, Ertharin Cousin