What Next | Will Israel Starve Gaza Into Submission?

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🗓️ 11 June 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In Gaza, two million people are at risk of starvation, as Israeli-controlled aid has been repeatedly interrupted and marked by violence towards aid workers and chaos at distribution sites. Guests: Mohammed Mhawish, journalist and writer from Gaza City. Alex de Waal, Executive Director of the World Peace Foundation at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts, author of the 2017 book, Mass Starvation: The History and Future of Famine. Want more What Next? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Ethan Oberman, Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme, Isabel Angell, and Rob Gunther. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:38.3	She was a con artist, a kidnapper, and maybe even a murderer.
0:43.1	She was also given the title The Welfare Queen,
0:46.0	and her story was used by Ronald Reagan to justify slashing aid to the poor.
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0:56.9	Over the course of four episodes, you'll find out what was done to Linda Taylor, what she did to others, and what was done in her name.
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1:20.0	Mohamed Mahawish loves to eat.
1:23.4	His go-to move is to put cardamom on just about everything.
1:27.3	He's kind of a foodie.
1:29.3	But we called him up because he's also got advice on how to starve.
1:36.3	Muhammad learned this skill the hard way.
1:39.3	About a year ago, he was living in Gaza City when the food started to run out.
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