Kjersti G. Berg
@kgberg.bsky.social
Ass. Prof. NLA University College, Norway. Palestine, UNRWA, refugee camps, Jerusalem, international aid. Latest books: Palestina. Fakta på bakken (Palestine. Facts on the ground) and Continental Encampment w. Are Knudsen (Berghahn)
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We journalists are taught: Do the reporting, and the story will write itself. But how does one narrate the stories of 20,000 dead children? Samer Badawi writes in @newlinesmag.bsky.social
The Burden of Metaphor in Gaza
Beyond a lasting ceasefire, what Gaza needs most is to be understood on its own terms — and for its people to be heard
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October 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We journalists are taught: Do the reporting, and the story will write itself. But how does one narrate the stories of 20,000 dead children? Samer Badawi writes in @newlinesmag.bsky.social
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Why is Israel declaring "victory" in Gaza when many of its aims were not met? @peterbeinart.bsky.social writes that the real goal is the same as it has been for decades: maximum land, minimum Palestinians. Trump's ceasefire plan is another step in that direction.
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What Israeli “Victory” Looks Like
The Trump deal doesn’t destroy Hamas but it does further Palestinian dispossession.
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October 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Why is Israel declaring "victory" in Gaza when many of its aims were not met? @peterbeinart.bsky.social writes that the real goal is the same as it has been for decades: maximum land, minimum Palestinians. Trump's ceasefire plan is another step in that direction.
jewishcurrents.org/what-israeli...
jewishcurrents.org/what-israeli...
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"Even if it does bring about a welcome respite from the suffering in Gaza in the short term, I believe a durable, mutually agreed upon resolution to the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict requires what Trump’s plan sidelines: Palestinian self-determination."
My article on the 20 point gaza "peace plan" is now out. Let me tell you why peace processes in the Israeli Palestinian conflict seem to keep failing, with a focus on Tony Blair the menace of the middle east
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Gaza peace plan risks borrowing more from Tony Blair’s failures in the Middle East than his success in Northern Ireland
The former British leader was tapped to lead redevelopment efforts in Gaza if a deal is agreed upon.
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October 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
"Even if it does bring about a welcome respite from the suffering in Gaza in the short term, I believe a durable, mutually agreed upon resolution to the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict requires what Trump’s plan sidelines: Palestinian self-determination."
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Today's ceasefire withdrawal leaves the IDF in control of a large proportion of Gaza's former urban areas (outlined in white)—all of Rafah; most of Khan Younis; Beit Hanoun; and Gaza City's Shejaiya neighborhood.
Areas where we know nearly all buildings have been demolished are shaded black.
Areas where we know nearly all buildings have been demolished are shaded black.
October 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Today's ceasefire withdrawal leaves the IDF in control of a large proportion of Gaza's former urban areas (outlined in white)—all of Rafah; most of Khan Younis; Beit Hanoun; and Gaza City's Shejaiya neighborhood.
Areas where we know nearly all buildings have been demolished are shaded black.
Areas where we know nearly all buildings have been demolished are shaded black.
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Together with @kgberg.bsky.social I try to explain how we got to the famine in Gaza. www.prio.org/comments/1801
The starvation of Gaza is a deliberate policy – Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
In recent days, Israel has commenced new attacks on Gaza, with humanitarian aid playing a key role in its forced expulsion of Palestinians.
www.prio.org
September 2, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Together with @kgberg.bsky.social I try to explain how we got to the famine in Gaza. www.prio.org/comments/1801
Recommended reading - by Christine Evans and Nieves Molina-Clemente
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The European Union Human Rights Sanctions Regime and its Applicability to the Situation in Gaza and the West Bank in Accordance with International Law
[Christine Evans is an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at the law faculty of Lund University and a human rights practitioner/investigator who has worked for the UN. Nieves Molina is an international lawyer…
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September 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Recommended reading - by Christine Evans and Nieves Molina-Clemente
opiniojuris.org/2025/09/01/t...
opiniojuris.org/2025/09/01/t...
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'A postwar plan for Gaza circulating within the Trump admin, modeled on Trump’s vow to “take over” the enclave, would turn it into a trusteeship administered by the S for at least 10 years while it is transformed into a gleaming tourism resort and high-tech manufacturing and technology hub.'
Gaza postwar plan envisions ‘voluntary’ relocation of entire population
President Donald Trump and international partners are discussing plans to build a “Riviera of the Middle East” on the rubble of Gaza. One would establish U.S. control and pay Palestinians to leave.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 31, 2025 at 4:56 PM
'A postwar plan for Gaza circulating within the Trump admin, modeled on Trump’s vow to “take over” the enclave, would turn it into a trusteeship administered by the S for at least 10 years while it is transformed into a gleaming tourism resort and high-tech manufacturing and technology hub.'
«We must not allow the belligerent state to get away with saying this is an accident, collateral damage. … It’s part and parcel of a destruction of peoplehood — a people destroyed, fragmented, eviscerated — it’s the elimination, really, of a people,” @meznaqato.bsky.social
The number of “cides” in Gaza is growing, but beyond its destruction of schools, hospitals, farmland and entire family lineages, Israel is also engaging in historicide — the destruction of history itself — argues @lsmwilson.bsky.social in @newlinesmag.bsky.social
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Historicide in Gaza
Israel’s destruction of official and personal archives is changing how Palestine’s story can be told
newlinesmag.com
August 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
«We must not allow the belligerent state to get away with saying this is an accident, collateral damage. … It’s part and parcel of a destruction of peoplehood — a people destroyed, fragmented, eviscerated — it’s the elimination, really, of a people,” @meznaqato.bsky.social
Utsultingen av Gaza er en villet politikk
Kronikk med @jjensehaugen.bsky.social
www.forskersonen.no/gaza-israel-...
Kronikk med @jjensehaugen.bsky.social
www.forskersonen.no/gaza-israel-...
Utsultingen av Gaza er en villet politikk
KRONIKK: De siste dagene har Israel startet nye angrep i Gaza, og nødhjelp spiller en nøkkelrolle i fordrivelsen av palestinerne.
www.forskersonen.no
August 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Utsultingen av Gaza er en villet politikk
Kronikk med @jjensehaugen.bsky.social
www.forskersonen.no/gaza-israel-...
Kronikk med @jjensehaugen.bsky.social
www.forskersonen.no/gaza-israel-...
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Hauntingly official: Famine has struck Gaza, says global hunger monitor www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Famine has struck Gaza, says global hunger monitor
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification system said 514,000 people - nearly a quarter of Palestinians in Gaza - are experiencing famine, an assessment that will escalate pressure on Israel to allow more humanitarian aid into the war-torn Palestinian enclave.
www.reuters.com
August 22, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Hauntingly official: Famine has struck Gaza, says global hunger monitor www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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‘Between 7 October 2023 and 13 May this year, according to Reuters, Germany had granted export licences for military equipment worth €485 million. Will anyone be left in Gaza to benefit from the supposed turning of the tide?’
Adam Shatz in Berlin: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Adam Shatz in Berlin: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Adam Shatz · Berlin Diary
Throughout my stay in Berlin, I kept hearing from Germans quietly critical of Israel that ‘cracks’ had begun to...
www.lrb.co.uk
August 19, 2025 at 9:07 AM
‘Between 7 October 2023 and 13 May this year, according to Reuters, Germany had granted export licences for military equipment worth €485 million. Will anyone be left in Gaza to benefit from the supposed turning of the tide?’
Adam Shatz in Berlin: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Adam Shatz in Berlin: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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The aim is reportedly to ultimately replace humanitarian aid delivery by the UN and aid orgs.
Our latest investigation lays out this flawed militarized aid distribution system:
Our latest investigation lays out this flawed militarized aid distribution system:
Gaza: Israeli Killings of Palestinians Seeking Food Are War Crimes
Israeli forces at the sites of a new US-backed aid distribution system in Gaza have routinely opened fire on starving Palestinian civilians in acts that amount to serious violations of international l...
www.hrw.org
August 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The aim is reportedly to ultimately replace humanitarian aid delivery by the UN and aid orgs.
Our latest investigation lays out this flawed militarized aid distribution system:
Our latest investigation lays out this flawed militarized aid distribution system:
«No one should act surprised» www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
‘No one should act surprised,’ says UN expert who warned of starvation in Gaza last year
Michael Fakhri, UN special rapporteur on the right to food, who sounded the alarm in early 2024, says: ‘Israel is starving Gaza. It’s genocide’
www.theguardian.com
August 5, 2025 at 12:54 PM
«No one should act surprised» www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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"At this very moment, UNRWA alone has 6,000 trucks waiting just beyond the border with enough food to provide for the entire population of Gaza for three months."
"No evidence has been provided to substantiate any of Israel’s countless...weaponized allegations against UNRWA"
"No evidence has been provided to substantiate any of Israel’s countless...weaponized allegations against UNRWA"
Let UNRWA Aid Trucks Into Gaza
The region’s most experienced aid agency could feed all of Gaza’s population for three months—if Israel would just let them do their job.
www.thenation.com
August 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"At this very moment, UNRWA alone has 6,000 trucks waiting just beyond the border with enough food to provide for the entire population of Gaza for three months."
"No evidence has been provided to substantiate any of Israel’s countless...weaponized allegations against UNRWA"
"No evidence has been provided to substantiate any of Israel’s countless...weaponized allegations against UNRWA"
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“Here, we are not dead, but we are not alive either.” www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle...
In Egypt, displaced Palestinians have been forgotten
Bombing has forced some 100,000 people to flee from Gaza across the southern border. They are now living in limbo
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
July 23, 2025 at 1:35 AM
“Here, we are not dead, but we are not alive either.” www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/middle...
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NEW: Human rights lawyer @saribashi.bsky.social spent years litigating against Israeli military restrictions on access to Gaza. She didn't anticipate how quickly this bureaucracy would facilitate the destruction of its people, she writes for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
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This Is How You Conduct Genocide by the Regulations
The bureaucracy Israel implemented decades ago to control the population of Gaza has been weaponized to regulate and facilitate its destruction
newlinesmag.com
July 31, 2025 at 12:23 PM
NEW: Human rights lawyer @saribashi.bsky.social spent years litigating against Israeli military restrictions on access to Gaza. She didn't anticipate how quickly this bureaucracy would facilitate the destruction of its people, she writes for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
newlinesmag.com/argument/thi...
newlinesmag.com/argument/thi...
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By continuing business as usual, Israel’s international partners are allowing the Israeli government to continue with its genocidal campaign with no consequences beyond symbolic gestures of disapproval and statements.
The time to act is now - me @theguardian.com
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The time to act is now - me @theguardian.com
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I live in Britain; I grew up in Israel. It’s painful to say, but we need real UK sanctions to save Gaza | Yair Wallach
Symbolic gestures and empty statements are no longer enough. In Israel’s globalised economy, here’s what will shift public opinion, says says senior lecturer in Israeli studies Yair Wallach
www.theguardian.com
July 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
By continuing business as usual, Israel’s international partners are allowing the Israeli government to continue with its genocidal campaign with no consequences beyond symbolic gestures of disapproval and statements.
The time to act is now - me @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The time to act is now - me @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I’m one of many Palestinian doctors in Israel. We’re being persecuted – but we won’t abandon our oath | Lina Qasem-Hassan
I’m one of many Palestinian doctors in Israel. We’re being persecuted – but we won’t abandon our oath | Lina Qasem-Hassan
We’ve promised to provide equal care to all. Now we’re being punished for speaking out against the killing of medics and patients in Gaza, says Palestinian doctor Lina Qasem-Hassan
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July 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I’m one of many Palestinian doctors in Israel. We’re being persecuted – but we won’t abandon our oath | Lina Qasem-Hassan
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I lead a top Israeli human rights group. Our country is committing genocide | Yuli Novak
I lead a top Israeli human rights group. Our country is committing genocide | Yuli Novak
My generation was raised wondering how ordinary people could countenance an atrocity. In a grotesque twist, the question has circled back to us
www.theguardian.com
July 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I lead a top Israeli human rights group. Our country is committing genocide | Yuli Novak
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"The social breakdown that we are witnessing, the degrading of human beings, is not a byproduct of the harm that Israel is inflicting. That’s the central element of the crime: destroying Palestinian society."
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Israel’s food points are not just death traps – they’re an alibi for the starvation of Gaza | Alex de Waal
We saw famine in Biafra and Ethiopia. In the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s ‘aid distribution system’ we see an attempt to destroy a whole society, says academic and writer Alex de Waal
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July 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"The social breakdown that we are witnessing, the degrading of human beings, is not a byproduct of the harm that Israel is inflicting. That’s the central element of the crime: destroying Palestinian society."
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Must read.
"In the court of world opinion, a verdict is being handed down every day: the government of Israel is responsible for inhumanities that will scar their state for a long time, perhaps forever."
"In the court of world opinion, a verdict is being handed down every day: the government of Israel is responsible for inhumanities that will scar their state for a long time, perhaps forever."
Starve, Pray, Die
In an interview, Alex de Waal discusses Israel’s use of food as a weapon of war in Gaza, and its repercussions.
carnegieendowment.org/middle-east/...
In an interview, Alex de Waal discusses Israel’s use of food as a weapon of war in Gaza, and its repercussions.
carnegieendowment.org/middle-east/...
Starve, Pray, Die
In an interview, Alex de Waal discusses Israel’s use of food as a weapon of war in Gaza, and its repercussions.
carnegieendowment.org
July 26, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Must read.
"In the court of world opinion, a verdict is being handed down every day: the government of Israel is responsible for inhumanities that will scar their state for a long time, perhaps forever."
"In the court of world opinion, a verdict is being handed down every day: the government of Israel is responsible for inhumanities that will scar their state for a long time, perhaps forever."
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Gaza has reached IPC Phase 5, which is the worst level of food insecurity & is associated with high amounts of death & permanent disability. For people experiencing this level of malnutrition, even if it ended today, many of the consequences (eg personal outcomes like disabilities) are irreversible.
IPC is projecting 22% of Palestinians in Gaza (495,000+ people) face a Phase 5 Catastrophe level of food insecurity (extreme food shortage, starvation & high death rates) June-Sept if food aid is not forthcoming & 33% (745K) at the Emergency level (high malnutrition).
www.ipcinfo.org/ipc-country-...
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Gaza Strip: Acute Food Insecurity Situation for 1 May - 15 June and Projection for 16 June - 30 September 2024 | IPC - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification
www.ipcinfo.org
July 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Gaza has reached IPC Phase 5, which is the worst level of food insecurity & is associated with high amounts of death & permanent disability. For people experiencing this level of malnutrition, even if it ended today, many of the consequences (eg personal outcomes like disabilities) are irreversible.
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‘Israel’s allies are still buying time for Israel to change course or come to a deal with Hamas over how many trucks to allow in, as though food were a legitimate bargaining chip. Gazans cannot afford to wait for either.’
New on the blog: Amjad Iraqi on Gaza.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
New on the blog: Amjad Iraqi on Gaza.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
Amjad Iraqi | Walking Corpses
Israel’s allies are still buying time for Israel to change course or come to a deal with Hamas over how many trucks to...
www.lrb.co.uk
July 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
‘Israel’s allies are still buying time for Israel to change course or come to a deal with Hamas over how many trucks to allow in, as though food were a legitimate bargaining chip. Gazans cannot afford to wait for either.’
New on the blog: Amjad Iraqi on Gaza.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
New on the blog: Amjad Iraqi on Gaza.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
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‘The inability of Western powers to condemn Israel’s conduct – much less bring it to an end – has made a mockery of the rules-based order that they claim to uphold.’
Adam Shatz on the world since 7 October: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Adam Shatz on the world since 7 October: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Adam Shatz · The World since 7 October
The war with Iran is far more than an attempt to prevent nuclear weapons from getting in the hands of mullahs (if it...
www.lrb.co.uk
July 26, 2025 at 10:10 AM
‘The inability of Western powers to condemn Israel’s conduct – much less bring it to an end – has made a mockery of the rules-based order that they claim to uphold.’
Adam Shatz on the world since 7 October: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Adam Shatz on the world since 7 October: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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"There is no case since WW2 of starvation that has been so minutely designed and controlled"
Famine expert Alex de Waal on Israel deliberately starving an entire civilian population
Famine expert Alex de Waal on Israel deliberately starving an entire civilian population
July 21, 2025 at 8:38 AM
"There is no case since WW2 of starvation that has been so minutely designed and controlled"
Famine expert Alex de Waal on Israel deliberately starving an entire civilian population
Famine expert Alex de Waal on Israel deliberately starving an entire civilian population