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 →
On 24 July Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, wrote on X: “People in Gaza are neither dead nor alive, they are walking corpses”: a colleague in … 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 over 100 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) issued the following statement. As the Israeli government’s siege starves the people of Gaza, aid workers are now joining the same food lines, risking being shot just to feed their families. … 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 30 June 2025 over 240 Non-Governmental Organisations called for the immediate end to the deadly Israeli distribution scheme (including the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation) in Gaza and for a return to the UN-led coordination mechanisms, and for the lifting … Continue reading →