FAO official says he lost his job for criticising Israeli policies in Gaza

FAO director said he was informed his contract would not be renewed because of allegedly breaching impartiality rules.Published On 2 Oct 20262 Oct 2026A senior UN agency director has said that he lost his job because he criticised Israeli policies in Gaza.Ben Davis, who had been Director of Rural Transformation and Gender Equality at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), told AFP news agency on Wednesday that he was informed in July that his contract would not be renewed because he had allegedly breached impartiality rules.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Israeli attacks across Gaza kill at least eightlist 2 of 3Photos: Palestinians mourn more than 100 loved ones in mass Gaza funerallist 3 of 3Israeli drone kills Palestinian in Gaza, settlers kill another in West Bankend of listHe said that he was accused of organising weekly silent protests at the Rome-based organisation.“They accused me of organising these moments of silence on the situation of starvation and famine in Gaza,” Davis said.Davis was also criticised for a report he worked on about food availability in Gaza and humanitarian law, published in May.“We were told to take it down,” he said. “We weren’t ...