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What reasons has Trump stated for not wanting to fund SNAP?
Hours after a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to fund the food stamp program, Trump “Appeals to Supreme Court After Losing Bid to Curtail Food Stamp Aid”.
Has Trump stated a reason why ...
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Can the US State governments deposit funds into EBT Cards for their residents?
Virginia seems to be the only state at this time that is unaffected by the Federal Government's distribution of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.
Virginia has decided to self-...
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What is Trump's position with respect to the famine in Gaza?
Trump has acknowledged several times that people in Gaza are starving:
He said "We’re looking at Gaza. And we’re going to get that taken care of. A lot of people are starving" in May.
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What prevents aid from reaching civilians in Gaza during the famine? (August 2025)
The chronically insufficient amount of food distributed by the US and Israel backed "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation" caused a famine in Gaza.
Several countries have been airdropping food in ...
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Why does the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) not distribute more food in Gaza?
Israel's blockade is causing mass starvation in Gaza:
The head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday that a “large proportion” of Gaza’s population was starving, while aid organisations ...
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Is hormone-treated beef authorized for sale in the UK now?
Amongst the US ranchers (and Trump's Tariff Team), complaints about the UK prohibition against the importation of hormone-injected beef.
Within the "trade deal" between the US and UK, some ...
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Why is Namibia killing game animals for food rather than allowing more big game hunting?
It is reported that Namibia is culling big game including elephants for food, using professional hunters. My understanding is that there is that people pay handsomely for the right to hunt these ...
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Attitudes to man-made famine in WW1
Have any western governments condemned the use of famine as a weapon of war in World War 1 (or acknowledged their culpability)? Have there been attempts to prosecute the responsible for the genocide?
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Has famine been officially declared in (parts of) Gaza?
The discussions of famine in Gaza seem to be largely based on the March 18 IPC report, which projects famine top happen in two governorates of Gaza in March-May:
The IPC acute food insecurity ...
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Did any UN agency estimate, before the war/October, the number of food trucks that were entering Gaza per day?
In relation to competing claims (by COGAT vs IPC) about the number of food trucks that were entering Gaza before the war (i.e. leaving aside here that they also disagree about the number during the ...
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Why did the US and Israel vote against making food a human right?
From this article on the Guardian:
From UN hunger expert: US must recognize ‘right to food’ to fix broken system
In 2021, the US and Israel were the only countries to vote against a
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How much food is currently available in Gaza?
Ever since the blockade of Gaza started there’s been talks of mass starvation in Gaza. But upon checking the Wiki article on the war I was surprised to find out only 32,000 people have died on the ...
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What are the practical implications for the World Food Programme being "an international organization within the United Nations"?
AFAICT the WFP budget is entirely separate from that of the UN, although they do get mostly contributions from governments. All WFP contributions are voluntary, none are 'due' or assessed (unlike for ...
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How can a private person donate food to the Palestinians now? [closed]
How can a private person participate in food-aid to the Palestinians at this time? A necessary condition is making sure that the donation indeed goes to food only.
Please explain how it is possible to ...
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Why isn't hunger in Gaza interpreted as "Israel needs to win quickly"? [closed]
As I write this question, there's a famine going on in Gaza as a result of the Israel vs. Hamas 2023-2024 war. As far as I'm aware, Israel has surrounded Hamas, but has not launched a final offensive ...
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