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US ambassador to Israel calls Gaza famine warning ‘inaccurate,’ prompting review

JL;DR SUMMARY U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Jack Lew, contested a recent humanitarian report by the Famine Early Warning Systems Network that warned of famine conditions in northern Gaza. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jack LewGazaHumanitarian AidUnU.S. PolicyFamine WarningPopulation FiguresFamine Early Warning Systems NetworkMisconduct Accusations

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Southern District, Israel
"Jack Lew, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, said that a humanitarian groups report on famine conditions in northern Gaza was outdated and inaccurate because its population figures were incorrect."
North Gaza Governorate, Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"Lew was responding to a Monday report by the Famine Early Warning Systems Network that said, based on several factors, that the food consumption and acute malnutrition thresholds for Famine (IPC Phase 5) have now been surpassed in North Gaza Governorate."

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