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Only UN infrastructure—and American leverage—can prevent a humanitarian collapse.

Since the vast majority of Palestinians who have escaped from Gaza are in Egypt, donor countries should provide targeted funding to support Egypt’s response.

The confirmation of famine in Gaza must be taken seriously.

The EU’s credibility and its moral authority — not to mention Gaza’s entire population — are on the line.

Assad’s frozen and sanctioned assets can and should be structured into international reparation programs to help Syrian families afford the process of returning and rebuilding their lives.

This is a hopeful moment for Syria, but the real work of rebuilding the country is just beginning.

The failure of U.S. humanitarian diplomacy in holding Israel accountable for its obstructionism has abetted a cataclysm in Gaza.

The window to avert a famine in Gaza has closed, and the focus must now pivot to containing the damage.

There is a window to reverse the descent toward famine—if there is the political will to do so. But time is of the essence.

Letting people in Gaza suffer and die from hunger and preventable disease is a political choice.