Nobel Laureate Michael Woodford Initiated Letter Against Israel's Gaza Policies
Translated & summarized from TheMarker by baba
Nobel laureate Michael Woodford initiated a letter to Prime Minister Netanyahu in summer 2025, criticizing Israel's "starvation policy" in Gaza. The letter, signed by 15 Nobel laureates among 25 total signatories, also opposed the concentration of Gazans into camps. Woodford is known for his ties to Israel and advocacy for democracy.
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- Nobel laureate Michael Woodford initiated a letter to Prime Minister Netanyahu regarding Gaza.
- The letter, sent in summer 2025, opposed Israel's "starvation policy" in Gaza.
- Fifteen of the 25 signatories on the letter are Nobel laureates.
- The letter also criticized the concentration of Gazans into crowded camps.
Michael Woodford, a Nobel laureate in Economics for 2026, has been identified as one of the initiators of a letter sent in the summer of 2025 to Prime Minister Netanyahu. Woodford, who has extensive ties to Israel and is known for his advocacy for democracy, expressed strong opposition in the letter to what he termed Israel's "starvation policy" against Palestinians in Gaza. The letter also criticized the concentration of the Gazan population into crowded camps.
Out of the 25 signatories on the letter, 15 have previously won Nobel Prizes. The letter itself has gained a reputation as a "talisman for winning the Nobel Prize in Economics."
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