UN-backed report on Gaza famine: Another tool to demonize Israel

Israel's Foreign Ministry has publicly demanded the withdrawal of a recent famine report on Gaza, backed by the UN and issued by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC). 

According to Director General Eden Bar Tal, the report is “fabricated” and the IPC itself is “a politicized research institute.” He's not wrong.

Let’s be clear: there is no famine in Gaza.

Despite repeated claims and sensational headlines, the core assertion of widespread famine has not been independently verified with credible, transparent evidence. 

This narrative has been circulating for over two years, mostly pushed by certain factions within the UN and amplified by NGOs and analysts who are anything but neutral when it comes to Israel.

The IPC’s Credibility Is in Question

The IPC, originally created to offer objective and technical assessments of food insecurity, has increasingly shown signs of institutional bias. 

Its methodology lacks transparency, and its staffing decisions have come under scrutiny. Several of its so-called experts and local partners involved in the Gaza report have been documented as having openly anti-Israel positions, casting doubt on the neutrality of their findings.

If a scientific body allows political agendas to guide its data collection, partner selection, and language framing, it ceases to be credible. In the case of Gaza, what we are witnessing is not a famine—but a campaign of political weaponization of food security language to demonize Israel on the global stage.

A Narrative Built to Delegitimize

Let’s also not ignore the pattern: the famine claims emerge precisely when Israel faces heightened international scrutiny or pressure. 

These reports don’t just aim to document humanitarian conditions; they are used as tools of delegitimization, feeding into an international narrative that systematically blames the Jewish state while giving a pass to terrorist groups who embed themselves in civilian infrastructure.

Israel has facilitated massive amounts of aid into Gaza, under extremely difficult circumstances. Aid trucks move in daily. 

What’s rarely mentioned is how Hamas loots and diverts humanitarian assistance, including food, to serve its fighters first. This fact alone should disqualify any serious famine classification that fails to factor in internal obstruction and corruption.

Weaponizing humanitarian concerns is as unethical as ignoring genuine suffering. 

The IPC and the UN risk eroding their own credibility when they allow reports like this to circulate without rigorous, independent vetting. If they care about real hunger, they should focus on facts, not politics.

Israel’s call for the withdrawal of the IPC report is not an overreaction—it’s a necessary pushback against a dangerous distortion of reality. 

If objectivity still matters in international reporting, then it’s time to hold politicized institutions accountable.