08/07/2026
Per the UNICEF data, Gaza had one of the LOWEST rates of acute malnutrition among children under 5 in the Middle East.
Gaza: 1.3%
Syria: 12.2%
Yemen: 16.8%
Sudan: 17.7%
Iran: 4.2%
Iraq: 3.9%
Egypt: 3.3%
On this measure, Gaza was doing better than much of the Middle East. Yet where were the worldwide protests for the starving children of Yemen? Sudan? Syria?
Their suffering barely generated a fraction of the outrage. Perhaps it was never just about starving children. Perhaps the world’s outrage becomes louder when Israel and Jews can be blamed.