In a post yesterday regarding the New York Times’ persistent peddling of Hamas talking points, I countered (specifically, in response to the Gray Lady’s complaint that “hunger is widespread” in Gaza):

Hunger is less widespread than the Times would have you believe because Israel is delivering millions of meals to Gazans. To the extent there is and has been hunger, it is because the billions in humanitarian aid that Israel and the West send to Gaza is stolen by Hamas. Historically speaking, some degree of hunger is a tragic fact of life in war-torn territories — it is a big part of why populations are displaced. Yet the hunger problem in Gaza has been ameliorated because Israel has substantially defanged Hamas; since the terrorist organization has been severely weakened as a fighting and ruling........

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