Chef Jose Andres pushes back on criticism of airdrops into Gaza: Bring food 'any way we can'

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: ABC News

March 3, 2024, 12:53 PM


Chef and humanitarian José Andrés, whose nonprofit World Central Kitchen has been sending significant aid into Gaza amid the Israel-Hamas war, on Sunday pushed back on criticism that airdrops into the Palestinian territory are wrong because they are hypocritical and insufficient compared to broader solutions.

"We need to bring food into Gaza any way we can," Andrés told ABC News "This Week" co-anchor Jonathan Karl, calling the situation there "desperate." According to the U.N., more than 570,000 people in Gaza are on the brink of experiencing famine levels of hunger due to the continuing conflict.

While Andrés said the broader goal should be to simply allow a "daily, constant and massive" flow of trucks into Gaza, "I don't think we need to be criticizing that Jordan, America are doing airdrops. If anything, we should be applauding any initiative that brings food into Gaza." He was responding to a recent statement from an official with the anti-poverty group Oxfam opposing the airdrops.

The Oxfam statement this weekend said the airdrops "mostly serve to relieve the guilty consciences of senior US officials whose policies are contributing to the ongoing atrocities and risk of famine in Gaza." Andrés dismissed that on Sunday, saying, "This is probably written by somebody that doesn't have -- who has a lot of time on his hands."

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[bahboo]

1. good for him...folks gotta eat....

any help is needed...

[niyad]

2. Thank you, Chef Andres.

[SunSeeker]

3. Unfathomable that Oxfam criticized the air drop.

[Lefta Dissenter]

4. Time for another donation to World Central Kitchen,

If anyone is able and so inclined...

https://wck.org/donate

[MurrayDelph]

9. My wife and I each donate

every month.

As far as I'm concerned, the only reason for the Nobel committee to not give him the Peace Prize next year





is if they give it to him THIS year (and there is NO reason not to do that!)

[The_Zephyr]

13. World Central Kitchen

A worthy charity. Thanks for the link.

[BuddhaGirl]

5. This man is a saint!

Thank you for your kindness and compassion for the hungry and suffering, Chef

[Staph]

6. Chef is absolutely right!

"Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good!"

[Jean Genie]

7. What a guy!

I just LOVE Chef Andres. He is the very definition of a GOOD person!

PS: His Basque cheesecake is superb too! Try some on Gold Belly!

[sanatanadharma]

8. Andres promotes distributing loaves and fishes rather than complaining there's not enough

A renown 20th century north Indian saint, holy man, mystic, magician, guru-fakir known in this lifetime as Neem Karoli Baba, taught "feed people" as the highest spiritual path (for most) to follow, because for the hungry God manifests as food.
Andres is promoting putting energy into a distributing loaves and fishes approach, rather than complaining there's not enough fish and the bread is stale.

[Ford_Prefect]

10. I agree that we who care for people first must do whatever we can, even if it may be a lesser answer than the whole.

The Berlin Airlift in 1948-49 delivered roughly 5000 tons a day, 1/3 of which was food. I don't know how many people were in West Berlin at the time but I can see that a few or many parachute drops to GAZA are only going to dent the problem.

Although it is far from enough it does bypass the political and military barriers to a larger solution. It may also provide an opening of sorts for more aid to get through by conventional methods.

It may provide more incentive for both sides to negotiate as well.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

11. Yes, bring food now. Punish the famine-creators later. Don't punish hungry people. . . . . nt

[Aussie105]

12. Bibi won't be happy . . .

But in that land of great Biblical significance, feeding the hungry should be on top of the list.

Access isn't a problem - if by land doesn't work too well, there is always by air and by ship that are options.

I guess if starvation is going to be a tool to stop this war, why not starve the IDF of weapons, and Bidi of American dollars?

[AnrothElf]

19. Wow, you reaaaaallllllllllly had to work for that one LOL.

Pretty lame.

[The Grand Illuminist]

14. Good healthy food.

And not junk food or grool that is sent.

[Marcuse]

15. Good humanitarian effort. I am opposed to "Final Solutions".

[democrank]

16. Thank you Chef Andres

from the bottom of my heart.

[stopdiggin]

17. the propaganda battle - continues to usurp and supplant .......

Imagine for a moment the narrow mind that criticizes ANY attempt to feed the starving ...

[AnrothElf]

18. Damn straight.