Looks Like Gaza Has Both Guns AND Butter

Back on December 12, The Globe and Mail reported:

In fact, coupled with a large surplus of fruit and vegetables intended for markets in Israel, the vast majority of people here aren't wanting for food.

Reports that as many as 50 per cent of children are suffering from malnutrition are exaggerations, says Khaled Abdel Shaafi, director the United Nations Development Program.

"This is not a humanitarian crisis," he said. "It's an economic crisis, a political crisis, but it's not a humanitarian crisis. People aren't starving."

So, have things changed now that Israel's operation in Gaza is entering it's 5th day? Some who have you think so. According to John Podhoretz:

The Gaza story is about to take the standard turn, with the accusation that Israel is fostering a different kind of disaster by blockading food supplies to suffering Gazans. Indeed, the U.N. refugee bureau, whose management of the Gaza refugee camps has been one of the world’s foremost scandals for the past three decades, is claiming it has no wheat grain its coffers. Only it’s not true, according to another UN agency, the Jerusalem Post reports:

The UN’s World Food Program contacted the IDF on Wednesday and said that it would not need to transfer more food into Gaza, since its stockpiles were full and would last for another two weeks. [emphasis added]

Well, it sure is good to know that things have not changed much since September:

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