Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, 23 September 2024. NEW YORK/GENEVA/ROME/WASHINGTON – As world leaders gather in New York for the 79th United Nations General Assembly, and as the threat … Continue reading →
In July 2024 the poliovirus was detected in waste water samples from Khan Younis and Deir al-Balah in Gaza. On 23 August the Guardian reported the first case of polio in 25 years has been found in an infant partly … Continue reading →
Senior Programme Manager Mahmoud Shalabi of the UK charity Medical Aid for Palestinians says: Gaza’s population is being deliberately starved, and children have already died because Israel is intentionally cutting off their food and water. Right now, Gaza is on … Continue reading →
On 7 October 2023, Hamas and several other Palestinian militant groups launched armed incursions from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel, killing 1,139 people and taking about 250 people hostage. In response, the Israeli Government has killed tens of thousands … Continue reading →
On 28 April the UN’s senior humanitarian and reconstruction coordinator for Gaza, Sigrid Kaag, spoke to Al Jazeera about developments on the ground and diplomatic hurdles as she leads crucial relief efforts in Gaza.
Continue reading →Everyone is invited to sign the following open letter, coordinated by Oxfam, addressed to the UK Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch And Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron. Click here to sign the letter Dear Trade Secretary and Foreign Secretary, Together we are … Continue reading →
MAP website says: It is approaching six months since Israel launched its military bombardment and total closure of Gaza. This is long past time for the UK Government to step up pressure on Israel to reopen land crossings for aid … Continue reading →
In an interview with BBC International Editor, Jeremy Bowen, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, said there is a plausible case that Israel is using starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza. If intent were … Continue reading →
On 29 February 2024, the UN rights chief Volker Türk told the Human Rights Council that, after almost five months of constant Israeli bombardment and mass displacement in Gaza which has left more than 30,000 dead, the prospect of an … Continue reading →
On 5 March, nine UN experts issued a statement declaring that Israel has been intentionally starving Gaza and that widespread famine in the besieged, brutalized enclave is imminent. They condemned the violence unleashed by Israeli forces, which killed at least … Continue reading →