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You can’t feed starving Gazans without facing this truth.

JL;DR SUMMARY Musician Peter Himmelman explores the complexity of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, emphasizing that the call for aid must consider Hamas's manipulation of resources. 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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HamasGazaMiddle EastPeace ProcessHumanitarian AidUnPolitical ConflictIdeological Polarization

Places mentioned

Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"Everyone and their mother seems to be pleading for food to reach hungry civilians in Gaza a plea I wholeheartedly believe in."
Umm al-Quwain, United Arab Emirates
"Heres how Amjad Taha, a UAE-based expert in Middle East political affairs, described it (edited for grammar, spelling, and punctuation)"
Qatar
"Hamas response signaled a refusal to engage in good faith. As a result, both the U.S. and Israeli negotiating teams withdrew from the talks in Qatar."
Israel
"This is war by starvation not by Israel, but by the group claiming to defend the Palestinian people."
United States
"Meanwhile, the United States has attempted to bypass the impasse by backing the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a third-party agency tasked with facilitating delivery outside of Hamas or UN control."

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