David A. Halperin
@dhalperin
CEO, @IsraelPolicy4m
Some of Israel’s staunchest defenders in the Democratic Party are calling for Israel to do more to get aid to Gazans — a signal that deteriorating conditions are shifting public opinion even among those firmly in the pro-Israel camp. @GSDeutch reports: ji.news/3z8a2
Why the starvation deaths once started are so hard to stop snowballing - this is why suddenly on Sunday Israel shifted its restrictions and airdrops allowed - but their relationship with the distributors is so horrendous and so poisoned and so much social media screaming that…
As a longtime humanitarian who has battled famines and hunger crises, I fear that starvation in Gaza has now passed the tipping point and we are going to see mass-scale starvation mortality. A thread on famine momentum, famine response, and what it means for Gaza today.
🚨 Torres calls for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza (min. 05:27): “I think there’s a real need to end the war, secure the release of the hostages, bring humanitarian assistance to Palestinians in distress… facilitate a new form of Palestinian self-governance in Gaza.”
Rep. Ritchie Torres on “Sunday Night with Chuck Todd": Netanyahu “did irreparable damage” to support for Israel in Dem party by feud with Obama, alliance with Trump. “There’s a legitimate perception that the present Israeli gov’t is just aligned with the Republican Party.”
#Saudi foreign minister in the international conference for the establishment of the 2SS “Most clear was the statement of the Crown Prince For the Kingdom of #Saudi_Arabia to normalize relations with #Israel can only come through the establishment of the #Palestinian State”
وزير الخارجية السعودي الأمير "فيصل بن فرحان" من المؤتمر الصحفي على هامش مؤتمر حل الدولتين: موقف السعودية من التطبيع واضح وثابت، والأوضح ما قاله ولي العهد الأمير #محمد_بن_سلمان إذ أكد أنه لا سلام ممكن دون قيام دولة فلسطينية، وهذا المبدأ لم يشهد أي تغيير
"There’s a diplomatic tsunami against Israel like nothing anyone has ever seen. Among American politicians on both sides of the aisle, there is complete disapproval of the images coming from Gaza." - @ShiraEfron in @nytimes nytimes.com/2025/07/28/wor…
The scale of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is devastating. There is a moral imperative to do more, urgently, to alleviate the human suffering. And it is long past time time for a ceasefire & hostage deal, followed by an end to the war. Full statement from @IsraelPolicy4m --
Statement | Israel Policy Forum Calls for Urgent Action on Gaza Humanitarian Crisis: The scale of the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza is devastating, and alleviating the human catastrophe in Gaza is a moral imperative. We are relieved that Israel has begun to take some…
Join @IsraelPolicy4m at 2pm ET on Tues July 29 for what is sure to be a timely & informative conversation about Gaza's humanitarian crisis, with two impressive speakers, @ShiraEfron & Or Elrom, former COGAT senior officer.
Join us for a webinar on this issue tomorrow, July 29, at 2pm ET, featuring LTC (res.) Or Elrom, former COGAT senior officer, and @ShiraEfron, moderated by @ReichmanShanie. Register now: israelpolicyforum.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
💥Israeli Opposition Leader Yair Lapid: "I want to warn Israeli citizens: The government failed in the war in Gaza. This is not a complete victory, it is a complete disaster. This is a strategic failure, which leads to operational and political failure. It doesn't have to be like…
Join us for a webinar on this issue tomorrow, July 29, at 2pm ET, featuring LTC (res.) Or Elrom, former COGAT senior officer, and @ShiraEfron, moderated by @ReichmanShanie. Register now: israelpolicyforum.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
Statement | Israel Policy Forum Calls for Urgent Action on Gaza Humanitarian Crisis: The scale of the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza is devastating, and alleviating the human catastrophe in Gaza is a moral imperative. We are relieved that Israel has begun to take some…
“There’s a diplomatic tsunami against Israel like nothing anyone has ever seen,” said Shira Efron, a Tel Aviv-based analyst for Israel Policy Forum, a research group in New York. nytimes.com/2025/07/28/wor…
This is a major shift -- distinct from earlier phases of the war, where tactical pauses were in specific neighborhoods that changed day to day, this is a 10-hour pause (10:00-20:00) in all areas the IDF does not control. That means no operations or strikes. 🧵
As part of our ongoing effort to increase the scale of humanitarian aid entering the Gaza Strip and In accordance with directives from the political echelon, a local tactical pause in military activity will take place for humanitarian purposes from 10:00 to 20:00, starting today…
"The Israeli government must do everything in its power to ensure humanitarian aid reaches those in need. The Jewish tradition calls upon us to ensure the provision of food, water, and medical supplies as a top priority" rabbinicalassembly.org/story/statemen…
This fact should stand outside how you feel about Israel or Palestine: hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people, caught in a conflict not of their choosing, under powers that don’t care for them, are facing imminent death. They need aid, immediately.
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Airdrops are far too little, far too late. *Flood* Gaza with trucks of food via Kerem Shalom and Erez, NOW. If you are worried about Hamas stealing it: make food so abundant that its value to terrorists and gangsters drops like a stone.
Airdrops are far too little, far too late. *Flood* Gaza with trucks of food via Kerem Shalom and Erez, NOW. If you are worried about Hamas stealing it: make food so abundant that its value to terrorists and gangsters drops like a stone.
Israel will now allow Arab countries to resume the airdrops of food into Gaza. This is a step that hasn't happened for many months. It happened last year when the humanitarian situation was extremely dire. At the same time Israeli officials continue to claim there is no…
Gaza is starving, the Knesset urges West Bank annexation, ceasefire talks collapse, France symbolically recognizes Palestine and Bibi responds by rejecting Palestinian nationalism in any form. The absence of US leadership in the region is glaring.
Weekly Briefing | Gaza Hunger Intensifies, Negotiators Recalled From Qatar, Coalition Crisis Continues, and More ipf.li/jul25
US leadership is required to put the Gaza war in the rearview mirror, to make any progress on normalization, to counter Iranian influence, and to figure how to get to Palestinian statehood in a way that Palestinians deserve and Israel can accept-But right now we have none of that
Every actor involved in the French Palestinian recognition fiasco is behaving in predictable ways. What unites them all is a vacuum of any responsible leadership, writes @mkoplow in this Koplow Column. israelpolicyforum.org/2025/07/25/pal…
Worth reading very closely. Three key questions: 1) What can be done (even partially) now, without waiting for a ceasefire? 2) Which of these are possible without returning control of aid to Hamas? 3) Are states/private sector as ready to scale up as the U.N. says it is?
Enough. Gaza is starving. Ceasefire now. We must save as many lives as we can – and we have a plan. My update to UN Member States on the steps necessary to stop this horror👇 unocha.org/considerations…
"After 22 months of war, it’s anarchy in Gaza. And without addressing the core issue of what should happen next in Gaza, there won’t be a solution." - @ShiraEfron in @nytimes