What Matters Now to Dr. Aron Troen: Dispelling claims of intentional famine in Gaza
Nutrition Science & Public Health prof dives into methodology for study showing food supply to war-torn Strip is sufficient, delves into life after his sister’s murder on Oct. 7
Welcome to What Matters Now, a weekly podcast exploring one key issue currently shaping Israel and the Jewish World, hosted by deputy editor Amanda Borschel-Dan.
This week, we speak with Hebrew University of Jerusalem Professor Aron Troen for a deep dive into two powerful issues facing him since October 7.
One topic draws upon his professional expertise: Troen is a professor of Nutrition Science and Public Health. His most recent research asks whether or not there is a state of famine in the Gaza Strip during this war that Hamas launched on October 7 with the massacre of some 1,200, mostly civilians, in southern Israel.
But Troen is also an Israeli who was personally affected by the Hamas onslaught given that among those killed on October 7 were his sister and her husband, who were murdered in their home on Kibbutz Holit, leaving three children. Troen’s nieces and nephew are now orphans. His nephew, who survived the murders of his parents, now lives with him.
We discuss in depth Troen’s professional work and how he and his team dispelled reports of famine. In the second part of our lengthy interview, we talk about his sister and how he and her children still believe we can work for a day in which the Palestinian and Israeli peoples can live side by side.
So this week, we ask Prof. Aron Troen, what matters now.
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