Children in Gaza Are Starving. Let the #UN Do Its Job.

May 29, 2025
By Catherine Russell

Ms. Russell is the executive director of UNICEF.

from #NewYorkTimes #NYT
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"Before hostilities resumed, the #UnitedNations operated a vast and effective aid delivery system inside #Gaza. During the recent cease-fire, we were delivering assistance like essential vaccines and medicine, lifesaving nutrition services and access to clean water through more than 400 distribution points, including in sites close to shelters for displaced families. #UNICEF and our partners went even further, delivering aid door-to-door, reaching malnourished children and pregnant women directly in their places of refuge."

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/opinion/gaza-aid-unicef-un.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LE8._QQg.PnUZ2BFG-5By&smid=url-share

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#Unilever’s Ben & Jerry’s calls war in Gaza a ‘genocide’

from #MiddleEastMonitor
May 30, 2025 at 2:23 pm

"“Ben & Jerry’s believes in human rights and advocates for peace, and we join with those around the world who denounce the #genocide in #Gaza,” the board said in a statement viewed by Reuters. “We stand with all who raise their voices against genocide in Gaza – from petition-signers to street marchers to those risking arrest.”"

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250530-unilevers-ben-jerrys-calls-war-in-gaza-a-genocide/

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We must face reality — the Gaza War is now a war of annihilation

Canceling Israel’s critics won’t change the reality of what is unfolding in #Gaza

from #TheForward #Forward
[#Jewish publication from #USA]
Jay Michaelson May 28, 2025

"The gulf between #Israel’s government and the rest of the world — including its allies, the #Trump administration, the #Israeli public, and the American Jewish community — is widening into a chasm. And yet some in Jewish leadership are hiding their heads in the sand.

Critics of the #Netanyahu-#Smotrich regime are no longer just campus protesters, or hostile-to-Israel regimes, or antisemites like the murderer of two young Jews at an AJC event in Washington DC last week. They include former prime minister Ehud Olmert..."

https://forward.com/opinion/723508/why-israel-extremists-must-be-stopped-netanyahu-trump-smotrich/

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Four people killed after starving #Palestinians burst into #UN food warehouse in Gaza

Deaths from crushing and gunshot wounds come a day after #Israeli forces opened fire at a food distribution point

Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem and Manisha Ganguly
Wed 28 May 2025 16.44 EDT

“Hordes of hungry people broke into WFP’s al-Ghafari warehouse in Deir al-Balah, central #Gaza, in search of food supplies that were pre-positioned for distribution,” #WFP said in a statement, which warned of “alarming and deteriorating conditions on the ground”.

“Humanitarian needs have spiralled out of control after 80 days of complete blockade of all food assistance and other aid into Gaza,” the statement said. “Gaza needs an immediate scale-up of food assistance. This is the only way to reassure people that they will not starve.”

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Chaos and killings: Israeli army kills three during #Rafah aid distribution

#Palestinians express outrage over latest #US-#Israeli initiative designed to bypass #UN's infrastructure for aid delivery in #Gaza

from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
By Ahmed Aziz in Khan Younis, occupied Palestine and Mera Aladam
Published date: 28 May 2025 15:53 BST

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/chaos-and-killings-israeli-army-fires-palestinians-kills-three-during-aid-distribution-rafah

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‘Dehumanisation by design’: US-Israeli #Gaza aid operation descends into chaos

The #US-#Israeli aid distribution operation in Gaza was widely condemned on social media

from #MiddleEastEye
By #MEE staff
Published date: 27 May 2025 20:22 BST

"The Israeli military denied firing on the crowds, but the Associated Press reported tank and gunfire at the distribution site, possibly due to warning shots fired by American mercenaries securing the facility. "

https://www.middleeasteye.net/trending/dehumanisation-design-us-israeli-gaza-aid-operation-descends-chaos

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Hamas and U.S. Reach #Gaza Ceasefire “Understanding”—Israel Rejects It, U.S. Envoy Publicly Blames Hamas

Drop Site has been shown the full text of the document. Here are the details.

from #DropSiteNews
Jeremy Scahill
May 26, 2025

"But before the deal could advance, #Israeli officials rushed to the media to kill it. Soon after, #Witkoff publicly accused #Hamas of misrepresenting the proposal—directly contradicting what sources told Drop Site had been agreed to in private discussions.

The negotiations are ongoing."

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/hamas-united-states-ceasefire-israel-rejects?r=2y9nd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

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Palestinian official says Hamas agrees to Gaza proposal, #Israel dismisses it

By #Reuters
May 26, 20251:04 PM EDT

"CAIRO, May 26 (Reuters) - A #Palestinian official said on Monday that #Hamas has agreed to a proposal by U.S. special envoy #SteveWitkoff for a #Gaza ceasefire, only for an Israeli official to deny that the proposal was Washington's and add that no #Israeli government could accept it.

Witkoff also rejected the notion that Hamas had accepted his offer for a hostage deal and a ceasefire in Gaza, telling Reuters that what he had seen was "completely unacceptable" and the proposal being discussed was not the same as his."

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/hamas-agrees-us-proposal-gaza-ceasefire-palestinian-official-says-2025-05-26/

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#Australian PM Albanese says Israel’s blockade of aid into Gaza is ‘an outrage’

#AnthonyAlbanese says #Netanyahu government ‘excuses’ for stopping critical food and medical supplies are ‘completely untenable’

from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Josh Butler
Sun 25 May 2025 21.56 EDT

"In a press conference on Monday morning, Albanese said: “#Israel’s actions are completely unacceptable.”

“It is outrageous that there be a blockade of food and supplies to people who are in need in #Gaza … People are starving. The idea that a democratic state withholds supply is an outrage.”"

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/26/australian-pm-anthony-albanese-israel-gaza-aid-blockade-outrage?CMP=share_btn_url

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Head of US-backed Gaza aid group resigns, saying he will not abandon ‘principles’

Jake Wood’s resignation comes after the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation faced criticism from the #UN and other aid groups

from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Guardian staff and agencies
Sun 25 May 2025 22.46 EDT

"The head of a US-backed private humanitarian organisation that is tasked with distributing aid in #Gaza using an #Israeli-initiated plan resigned on Sunday, saying that the operation could not fulfil its mission in a way that adhered to “humanitarian principles”.

Executive director Jake Wood announced his resignation in a statement from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), adding fresh uncertainty to the operation’s future."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/26/gaza-humanitarian-foundation-aid-group-jake-wood-resigns?CMP=share_btn_url

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#Israeli strikes kill 30 in Gaza, including rescue service official and local journalist

from #Reuters
By Nidal Al-Mughrabi
May 25, 2025 3:59 PM EDT

"In Jabalia, they said local journalist Hassan Majdi Abu Warda and several family members were killed by an airstrike that hit his house earlier on Sunday.

Another airstrike in Nuseirat killed Ashraf Abu Nar, a senior official in the territory's civil emergency service, and his wife in their house, medics added.

The Hamas-run Gaza government media office said that Abu Warda's death raised the number of #Palestinian journalists killed in #Gaza since October 2023 to 220."

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-strikes-kill-20-gaza-including-journalist-rescue-service-official-2025-05-25/

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#Irish pro-#Palestine activists embrace ‘#Paddystinian’ term as badge of honour

Believed to have originated as an insult by #Israel supporters, neologism is now used to campaign against war in #Gaza

from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent
Sun 25 May 2025 03.00 EDT

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/25/irish-pro-palestine-activists-embrace-paddystinian-term-as-badge-of-honour?CMP=share_btn_url

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Israeli use of human shields in Gaza was systematic, soldiers and former detainees tell the AP

from #AssociatedPress #APNews
By SAM MEDNICK and SAMY MAGDY
Updated 8:23 AM EDT, May 24, 2025

"Several Palestinians and soldiers told the #AP that #Israeli troops are systematically forcing #Palestinians to act as human shields in #Gaza, sending them into buildings and tunnels to check for explosives or militants. The dangerous practice has become ubiquitous during 19 months of war, they said. "

https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-army-human-shields-80f358dd2c87a1123f26ffada159701c?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share

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#Gaza doctor receives charred bodies of her nine children while on duty

Paediatrician Alaa al-Najjar was treating victims of #Israeli attacks when her children were killed in a strike on their home

from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
By Maha Hussaini in Gaza City, occupied Palestine
Published date: 24 May 2025 11:09 BST

"Dr Alaa al-Najjar, a paediatric specialist at al-Tahrir hospital within the Nasser Medical Complex, was treating victims of ongoing Israeli attacks across the strip on Friday when she was shocked to find her own children and husband brought into the hospital.

The children - the eldest aged 12 and the youngest just six months - were severely burned in the bombing."

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-doctor-receives-bodies-her-nine-children-while-duty

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Violent Israeli settlers under #UK sanctions join illegal West Bank outpost

Exclusive: Neria Ben Pazi and Zohar Sabah witnessed visiting base set up to drive Palestinians from homes

from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Thu 22 May 2025 14.56 EDT

"Two violent #Israeli settlers on whom sanctions were imposed by the UK government this week have joined a campaign to drive #Palestinians from their homes in the #WestBank village of Mughayyir al-Deir."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/22/violent-israeli-settlers-under-uk-sanctions-join-west-bank-outpost?CMP=share_btn_url

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Medic survived #Gaza shootings by pleading in Hebrew, #Palestinian Red Crescent says

from #Reuters
By Emma Farge
May 22, 20252:11 PM EDT

Younis Al-Khatib, president of the Palestine Red Crescent Society, told reporters in Geneva that Al-Nassasrah was spared after he pleaded in Hebrew and said his mother was a #Palestinian citizen of #Israel.

"What does Assad say in Hebrew? 'Don't shoot. I am Israeli.' And the soldier got a bit confused," he told reporters. "That confusion ... made him survive."

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/medic-survived-gaza-shootings-by-pleading-hebrew-palestinian-red-crescent-says-2025-05-22/

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Israel’s “final solution” for Palestinians.
[plus other articles, including:]
* Tweet at the media: Do your jobs. Call it a genocide.
* What we’re reading: The far-right’s plan to destroy the Palestine movement.
* What we’re listening to: ‘It has absolutely nothing to do with Jewish safety.’

from #TheWire
[online publication of #JewishVoiceForPeace #JVP in #USA

https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/2025/05/21/israels-final-solution-for-palestinians/?sourceid=1001761&emci=476a511a-5336-f011-a5f1-6045bda9d96b&emdi=949d6dd9-5e36-f011-a5f1-6045bda9d96b&ceid=890015

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Israel-Gaza war live: more than 80 killed in latest strikes as aid deliveries condemned as ‘ridiculously inadequate’

#DoctorsWithoutBorders says deliveries are just ‘a smokescreen to pretend the siege is over’

#Israel still blocking aid for #Gaza despite promise to lift siege, says #UN

from #TheGuardian #Guardian

Tom Ambrose (now); Amy Sedghi, Fran Singh and Martin Belam (earlier)
Wed 21 May 2025 11.52 EDT

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#UK summons Israeli ambassador and suspends free trade agreement talks with #Israel

Landmark move tears up friendly relations between the two countries

from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
By Imran Mulla
Published date: 20 May 2025 15:07 BST

""The world is judging," Lammy said. "History will judge them [the #Israeli government]. Blocking aid, expanding the war, dismissing the concerns of your friends and partners. This is indefensible and it must stop.""

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-summons-israeli-ambassador-suspends-free-trade-agreement-israel

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Israel still blocking aid for Gaza despite promise to lift siege, says UN

Continued restrictions come as opposition leader says Israel is becoming pariah nation that ‘kills babies as a hobby’

from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Tue 20 May 2025 14.53 EDT

"Two days after Benjamin Netanyahu announced he was lifting the siege of #Gaza, #Israel is still blocking food from reaching starving #Palestinians, the #UN has said, as the leader of the country’s centre-left Democrats party said his country was becoming a pariah nation that “kills babies as a hobby”.

Only five trucks of aid had reached Gaza by Tuesday afternoon and aid workers had not been given permission to distribute even that token shipment..."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/20/israel-still-blocking-aid-for-gaza-despite-promise-to-lift-siege-says-un?CMP=share_btn_url

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