The world has two views about the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). There is the view of the United Nations Secretary-General and many of its agencies, of dozens of non UN aid organisations and of many governments including the UK, … Continue reading →
Israel has been starving the people of Gaza for many months. It was so bad in November 2024 that the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the war crime of starvation as a … Continue reading →
Airdrops On 25 July 2025 the Times of Israel reported that Israel’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) saying that Israel will soon permit Jordan and the United Arab Emirates to resume airdropping humanitarian supplies to Gaza. As … Continue reading →
On 22 July 2025 Juliette Touma, the Director of Communications with United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), issued the following statement on behalf of UNRWA Commissioner-General, Philippe Lazzarini. I’m going to give … Continue reading →
On 23 July 2025, Israeli government spokesperson David Mencer answered media questions about Gaza humanitarian aid. A recording was published on YouTube. However the video reproduced the whole emission five times over, as you will hear if you listen the … Continue reading →
On 21 July 2025 28 countries and an international partner issued the following joint statement on the Occupied Palestinian Territories. We, the signatories listed below, come together with a simple, urgent message: the war in Gaza must end now. The … Continue reading →
Israel, led by Prime Minister Netanyahu, is using starvation as part of the genocide it is committing against the people of Gaza. This is agreed by the UN General Assembly, Amnesty International, Médecins Sans Frontières, a UN Special Rapporteur and other … Continue reading →
On 17 July 2025 an Israeli shell struck Gaza’s only Catholic Church killing three people and injuring 10 others. These included the priest, Gabriel Romanelli, who used to receive daily calls from the late Pope Francis. The new pope, Pope … Continue reading →
On 17 June 2025 the Guardian Newspaper published an Opinion piece which began… As Palestinians starve amid the rubble, western governments defend Israel, fund armed aid and dismantle the very rules they claim to uphold. Here are some extracts which … Continue reading →
The Letter On 16 May 2025, 310 staff of the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) wrote to the UK Foreign Secretary in a letter marked OFFICIAL SENSITIVE saying, among other things: In July 2024, staff expressed concern about … Continue reading →