Palestinian-American activist Jenan Matari and journalist Faten Elwan have some very… eye-opening background about World Central Kitchen and Chef Jose Andres:
Jenan’s latest video is also crucial to watch:
Follow her at @jenan.matari on Instagram for more much-needed context and insight.
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Something I've been hearing a lot about on the news but haven't yet seen on Tumblr (maybe just my particular echo chamber hasn't heard about it), so hey, let's chat!
While debate is raging about America's airdrops and the temporary port, there is ALREADY an aid corridor by sea in use by an existing charity. The Spanish celebrity chef Jose Andres has a charity by the name of World Central Kitchen, which is dispatching barges from Cyprus to Gaza, holding 200 tonnes of food. There is a second barge in process already. WCK is working with the UAE and Cypriot governments, and a Spanish charity by the name of Proactiva Open Arms.
The charity is preparing a jetty in Gaza to receive aid which was almost 60 metres long, WCF founder Jose Andres said in a post on X late Wednesday. Unverified video posted on social media showed a bulldozer reversing over a hardpacked rubble jetty on the Gaza shore.
WCF says its initiative is unrelated to a larger multinational effort to set up a maritime aid corridor into Gaza.
In Nicosia, Cyprus foreign minister Constantinos Kombos said a high-level meeting would take place on March 21 to coordinate further distribution of aid.
(I'm not sure why the article switches from WCK to WCF. I'll assume it's a mistake because the author has WFP on the brain or something.)
This is pretty good news overall, but it's still only a patch on a massive problem, and I do have concerns about the distribution of aid once it's at the jetty, given the chaos on the ground.
Land crossings would still be best, but I'd like to share the news of good work by WCK with you guys.
"Israel is better than the way this war is being waged. It is better than blocking food and medicine to civilians. It is better than killing aid workers who had coordinated their movements with the Israel Defense Forces"
Started watching JOSÉ ANDRÉS AND FAMILY IN SPAIN on Discovery+ last night and it made me want to immediately book a ticket to Barcelona. And oddly enough, as I was cleaning up a few folders on my hard drive this morning, I came across an old video of a calcot party I had at my friend Edu Alpuente’s house in Catalonia years ago. Now I’m dying to go back even more!
I love the series ‘Hannibal’. I need more. I’m given to binging it like I’m doing now. But one of the most brilliant bits about the series is who consulted for the culinary scenes.
The great humanitarian, Chef Jose Andres. Not only that, Mads Mikkelsen learned to cook just to shoot those scenes. I’ve always loved this about the series.