For over a month, North #Gaza has been under siege and the humanitarian situation is deteriorating rapidly.
Palestinians there are facing starvation and forced displacement.
Humanitarian access remains severely restricted, preventing life-saving aid from reaching those in desperate need. Alarmingly, some communities report being punished for receiving assistance.
"It seems there is no limit to the cruelty being inflicted on the Palestinian civilians. These atrocities must end," says Jonathan Whittall our Head of Office a.i. for the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
A horrifying first-hand account from Jonathan. ⬇️
Today marks one year since the attack by Hamas on Israeli civilians, leading to the abduction and killing of hundreds of hostages – many of whom remain unaccounted for.
Following the attack, Israel's ongoing retaliatory action in Gaza, and more recently Lebanon, has led to the killing of over 40,000 people, and the displacement of more than 2 million, as well as the destruction of most health facilities and enormous barriers for aid delivery. Humanitarian need remains sky-high and must be addressed as a matter of urgency.
Last year, we asked authors to respond to the humanitarian situation in Gaza and Israel, and invite you to read their important contributions today: https://lnkd.in/eH5w2mRt#CeasefireNow#Gaza#Lebanon#Israel
ONCE AGAIN IT SEEMS THAT NO ONE KNOWS WHAT TO DO! THE ULTIMATE SOLUTION THEREFORE REMAINS THE NCBP AND I. ANY OTHER VOLUNTEERS? NO? THEN FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE, LET'S GET GOING!
THERE IS A PROFOUND WORLD MINDSET DYSFUNCTION THAT CAN ONLY BE SUSTAINABLY SOLVED THROUGH INTERFACE GOVERNANCE.
RESHARING AND LIKING MY POST BELOW IS NOT ENOUGH TO CATALYSE GLOBAL ACTION!
We need full support from ALL NATIONS!!!
See 👇:
I am not imagining things but there clearly is an overwhelming worldwide plebiscite for the following:
1. https://lnkd.in/erHnd4rT
2. https://lnkd.in/ehuS9eXj
3. https://lnkd.in/e6kDYAws
4. https://lnkd.in/eThHWCFd
5. https://lnkd.in/e6-q-Vr9
6. https://lnkd.in/dnCVjBtd
7. https://lnkd.in/eamkZ2ek
8. https://lnkd.in/eCn_-HfX
9. https://lnkd.in/eHZhuDZZ
10. Difference between the WEF & the NCBP! https://lnkd.in/eK3qBB_f
WHO or WHAT can bring back peace to the world? Is there anyone else among the eight billion minus one human beings on this planet?
There is? WHO?
There isn't? Then I respectfully ask for World politico-financial support to rethink the world together.
Then NATO would not be needed anymore.
All views expressed are my own. I am accepting all connection requests from people who are standing up for the injustices currently taking place in Palestine and around the world.
WATCH 👉"You know what if tomorrow 300 thousand Palestinians are killed nobody will care." - Bassem Yousef Christiane": Why do you think that is"
Bassem: "Because they don't look at Palestinians as equal human beings"
Anyone want to disagree? They're just numbers. But 7 western humanitarian aid workers are humanitarian crisis which will shake the world
WHEN OVER 14,000 KIDS ARE KILLED & THEY ARE HALF OF THE DEAD, IT IS NOT A “WAR” — IT IS GENOCIDE.
Please watch Glenn Greenwald explain how ISRAEL IS KNOWINGLY KILLING FOREIGN AID WORKERS, INCLUDING AMERICANS, in addition to Palestinian women & children: lnkd.in/g4mKYBEC
Israel is committing GENOCIDE & ETHNIC CLEANSING WITH THE WEAPONS WE KEEP GIVING THEM & has now killed OVER 25K WOMEN & CHILDREN (~70% of the dead), according to our own military: lnkd.in/gaMEPKSn
Israel has also orphaned over 30K kids, has destroyed the homes of nearly 1M & is still blocking aid to them, killing them WITH STARVATION, DEHYDRATION, & DISEASE, in addition to U.S. supplied bombs.
Listen to world renowned professor & public policy expert Jeffrey Sachs explain how ISRAEL IS INTENTIONALLY STARVING OVER 1M CHILDREN. He says “the ICJ will find these acts to be genocidal” & “ the U.S. should immediately stop all munitions for this murderous rampage”: lnkd.in/gy-q3rpR
And here is renowned University of Chicago Prof. John Mearsheimer explaining that ISRAEL’S ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO ETHNICALLY CLEANSE BOTH GAZA & THE WEST BANK & get us into a war with Iran, which he says are definitely NOT in our national interest: lnkd.in/g-WcuhSv
In this article, I explain how Israel has always been able to beat Hamas & ensure its security WITHOUT KILLING CHILDREN. Sadly, Israel keeps ignoring this option because its goal is not to beat Hamas, but rather to continue using them & similar groups as a pretext to continue ethnically cleansing more of historic Palestine (that's why Israel helped strengthen Hamas for years). In fact, Israel knows that its indiscriminate brutality will only help Hamas & similar groups recruit: lnkd.in/gY98T9mc
I also cry for the 38 Israeli children & others killed on Oct 7th, but this horrible conflict did NOT start on that day. The proof is the nearly 2300 Palestinian children killed by Israeli soldiers & settlers between 2000 & Oct 2023, including 43 during the 9 months just before 10/7 (names & details on BTselem.org).
Israel has also continued stealing more Palestinian homes & farms in the West Bank EVERY YEAR as part of its 57 year apartheid, & has imposed a brutal blockade of Gaza since 2005. ALL illegal, immoral, & ongoing acts of war.
That's why EVEN the ex-head of Israel’s Shin Bet (their FBI), Ami Ayalon, & ex-Israeli PM & General, Ehud Barak, BOTH saying IF THEY WERE PALESTINIAN THEY WOULD FIGHT ISRAEL BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE THEIR LIBERTY: lnkd.in/guNE7vay
I will keep advocating for nonviolent resistance, but when Palestinians try, IDF soldiers shoot them in the knees, kill them, or at least imprison & beat them. Please read this 2020 Haaretz article titled: '42 Knees in One Day': Israeli Snipers Open Up About Shooting Gaza Protesters: lnkd.in/g4VqQRzs
PLEASE CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES to demand they stop helping Israel kill children, ethnically cleans families, & maintain its brutal apartheid WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS.
All views expressed are my own. I am accepting all connection requests from people who are standing up for the injustices currently taking place in Palestine and around the world.
WATCH 👉"You know what if tomorrow 300 thousand Palestinians are killed nobody will care." - Bassem Yousef Christiane": Why do you think that is"
Bassem: "Because they don't look at Palestinians as equal human beings"
Anyone want to disagree? They're just numbers. But 7 western humanitarian aid workers are humanitarian crisis which will shake the world
How can we do more to help civilians in Gaza and respond to the dramatic situation?
The needs are enormous. Famine looms. Humanitarian space is shrinking.
Exchange with international NGOs on the sidelines of the European Humanitarian Forum.
#EHF2024
Hopes for ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war go up and down every day. But what gets predictably worse is the plight of Israeli hostages and Gazan civilians. Drowning in this malevolent soup is UNRWA, the UN Relief and Works Agency. It is vilified and defended in equal measure, depending on which side of the polarised divide you are on.
My latest opinion piece below via The National News is not about the rights and wrongs of the Big Picture. But about the conundrum a humanitarian aid agency faces when it sits on the thin line between being a useful and essential good and flipping to become a toxified part of the problem it was set up to handle 75 years ago. That raises the question - not about the justification or refutation of the criticism against UNRWA - but what it should do now that is morally and practically right. Not for protecting its own position but ensuring that it is not inadvertently obstructing its higher mission to relieve Palestinian suffering. No agency should become indispensable or become higher than the cause it serves.
Read:
The government has ended the funding pause on UNRWA - effective immediately.
This begins with £21m to support the humanitarian response in Gaza, provide essential services for refugees across the region, and alleviate the suffering of civilians.
Read more ➡ https://lnkd.in/ebAZsrHs
"Gaza has been made unlivable. Those with power to change the situation lack the will or courage to do so. Humanitarian assistance is not the solution to political failures. These atrocities must end, ICJ measures implemented, and perpetrators held to account."
Read a firsthand account of the devastation in #Gaza by Jonathan Whittall, our Head of Office a.i. for the Occupied Palestinian Territory ⬇️
🌍 Statement from Julie McKinlay, Director, Humanitarian, Resilience & Advocacy, CARE Canada:
“The Knesset’s vote on Monday to ban UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees) from operating in areas under Israel’s control will have tragic consequences on a massive scale. The UN has already declared that Palestinians in the north of #Gaza is now at risk of death. This risk will increase dramatically if the UNRWA ban goes into effect."
No other agencies can replace UNRWA's vital role in #Gaza. This ban is indefensible and will make it even more difficult to deliver desperately needed aid.
We urge world leaders to do all they can to reverse this devastating decision, ensuring humanitarian access and securing a #CeasefireNOW. Lives depend on it.
Read our full statement to learn more about the implications and how CARE is responding: https://bit.ly/4e9Um7G
A year of violence and suffering for the Palestinian people, a year of impact on the activities and staff of Doctors of the World." - Mahmoud Isleem, Palestine Operations Coordinator
How have NGOs been able to work and bring humanitarian aid to Gaza this year?
👉 We have released a report denouncing Israel’s obstruction of humanitarian aid and attacks this year on humanitarian workers in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
#Gaza#Palestine#Israel#WestBank#CeaseFireNOW