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Leah Bevis @leahbevis.bsky.social · Sep 8

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...

US-backed aid distribution points in Gaza are sites of orchestrated killing

The so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is a deadly scheme that must be dismantled. People need access to food and lifesaving aid now.

www.doctorswithoutborders.org

Leah Bevis @leahbevis.bsky.social · Sep 8

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...

Is Israel Committing Genocide in Gaza? | The Ezra Klein Show

YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show

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Leah Bevis @leahbevis.bsky.social · Sep 8

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...

Gaza postwar plan envisions ‘voluntary’ relocation of entire population

President Donald Trump and international partners are discussing plans to build a “Riviera of the Middle East” on the rubble of Gaza. One would establish U.S. control and pay Palestinians to leave.

www.washingtonpost.com

Leah Bevis @leahbevis.bsky.social · Sep 8

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)

Leah Bevis @leahbevis.bsky.social · Sep 8

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...

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/26/middleeast/gaza-humanitarian-foundation-aid-resigns-intl-hnk

Leah Bevis @leahbevis.bsky.social · Sep 8

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...

Australia condemns 'slaughter' in Gaza in signing 28-nation statement

The joint statement issued by the signatory countries criticises what they call the "inhumane killing" of Palestinians and condemns the "drip feeding of aid".

www.abc.net.au

Leah Bevis @leahbevis.bsky.social · Sep 8

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...

Famine confirmed in northern Gaza, says U.N.-backed panel

Famine has been officially declared in northern Gaza, a U.N.-backed group of experts warns — marking the first such confirmation in the Middle East.

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Leah Bevis @leahbevis.bsky.social · Sep 8

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...

Gaza: Acute malnutrition among children hits record high

Acute malnutrition among children in Gaza has reached the highest levels to date as hunger continues to deepen in the enclave, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reporte...

news.un.org

Leah Bevis @leahbevis.bsky.social · Sep 8

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...

What is inside the GHF food box being distributed in Gaza

BBC Verify examines the meals handed out to Gazans - and why their nutritional value is questioned by some experts.

www.bbc.com

Leah Bevis @leahbevis.bsky.social · Sep 8

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...

US contractors say their colleagues are firing live ammo as Palestinians seek food in Gaza

American contractors guarding aid distribution sites in Gaza are using live ammunition and stun grenades as hungry Palestinians scramble for food, according to accounts and videos obtained by The Asso...

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Leah Bevis @leahbevis.bsky.social · Sep 8

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...

Ex-US contractor says he saw IDF commit war crimes at aid sites; GHF rejects ‘false claims’

Anthony Aguilar tells BBC that the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation system is 'criminal,' says he's never seen such 'brutality and use of indiscriminate' force against civilians

www.timesofisrael.com

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Leah Bevis @leahbevis.bsky.social · Sep 8

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is a food ANTI-distribution system. (5/N) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Hu...

Gaza Humanitarian Foundation - Wikipedia

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Leah Bevis @leahbevis.bsky.social · Sep 8

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...

Amid starvation in Gaza, Sudan, Guterres slams hunger ‘as a weapon of war’

As starvation worsens in war-torn Gaza, UN agencies repeated warnings on Monday that Israel’s decision to support a “one-week scale-up” of aid is far from enough to reverse deadly malnutrition rates i...

news.un.org

Leah Bevis @leahbevis.bsky.social · Sep 8

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...

How Seeking Food in Gaza Has Become So Deadly

YouTube video by New York Times Podcasts

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Leah Bevis @leahbevis.bsky.social · Sep 8

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...

UN warns of ‘catastrophic hunger’ in Gaza as Israel announces humanitarian pauses

United Nations agencies welcomed on Sunday Israel’s pledge to implement daily humanitarian pauses in its military operations in Gaza, aimed at easing the flow of desperately needed aid into and across...

news.un.org

Leah Bevis @leahbevis.bsky.social · Sep 8

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/...

Israel starving Gaza: A visual breakdown

More and more people in Gaza are dying from a man-made famine caused by Israel’s blockade on essential food supplies.

www.aljazeera.com

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Leah Bevis @leahbevis.bsky.social · Sep 8

A voice from the starving in Gaza. www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

The hunger we face in Gaza is Israel's weapon of war. Please don't look away. | Opinion

My six younger siblings and I are sheltering in northern Gaza, surviving on scraps. The taste of real food is a memory we can no longer recall.

www.usatoday.com

Leah Bevis @leahbevis.bsky.social · Aug 28

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.

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Leah Bevis @leahbevis.bsky.social · Aug 27

My friends from other disciplines are shocked by the insanely tiny details that Econ reviewers insist on controlling. Here’s a great example.

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Leah Bevis @leahbevis.bsky.social · Aug 25

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?

Leah Bevis @leahbevis.bsky.social · Aug 8

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?

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Leah Bevis @leahbevis.bsky.social · Aug 6

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??

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Leah Bevis @leahbevis.bsky.social · Aug 6

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

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Leah Bevis @leahbevis.bsky.social · Jul 30

Also, excellent reporting about the disastrous “food distribution system” that is the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/p...

How Seeking Food in Gaza Has Become So Deadly

www.nytimes.com

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Leah Bevis @leahbevis.bsky.social · Jul 30

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...

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