Nobel Laureate Michael Woodford Initiated Letter Against Israel's Gaza Policies
Translated & summarized from Haaretz by baba
Nobel laureate Michael Woodford initiated a letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in summer 2025, opposing Israel's "starvation policy" in Gaza. The letter, signed by 25 economists including 15 Nobel laureates, criticized the concentration of Gazans in crowded camps. The letter has gained a notable reputation among economists.
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- Nobel laureate Michael Woodford initiated a letter to PM Netanyahu opposing Israel's Gaza policies.
- The letter, sent in summer 2025, criticized Israel's "starvation policy" in Gaza.
- Fifteen of the 25 signatories on the letter are already Nobel laureates.
- The letter also opposed the concentration of Gazans in crowded camps.
- The letter has gained a reputation as a "talisman for winning the Nobel Prize in Economics."
Michael Woodford, a Nobel laureate in Economics for 2026, has extensive ties to Israel and is identified with the struggle for democracy. Woodford was among the initiators of a letter sent in the summer of 2025 to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The letter expressed strong opposition to what the signatories described as Israel's "starvation policy" against Palestinians in Gaza and the concentration of the Gazan population in crowded camps.
Of the 25 economists who signed the letter, 15 are already Nobel laureates. The letter itself has gained a reputation as a "talisman for winning the Nobel Prize in Economics."
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