On June 4, CBC published an Associated Press article that referred to Palestinians in Gaza as "facing catastrophic food insecurity." CJPME promptly wrote to CBC to condemn this weak language and emphasize that Palestinians in Gaza are not "food insecure," but instead facing forced starvation. In response to our complaints, CBC edited the sentence to the following: Israel's subsequent bombardments and assault on Gaza has killed more than 36,000 Palestinians in nearly eight months, according to Gaza health officials, and displaced at least 1.7 million of the 2.3 million people living in the territory - most of whom, according to the World Food Programme, are facing catastrophic hunger."
CJPME appreciates that CBC edited this sentence to include their source for their terminology (the World Food Programme), linked the page in which the WFP uses this language, and, most importantly, changed "catastrophic food insecurity" to "catastrophic hunger."