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Every time a mission is impeded, the lives of people in need and humanitarians on the ground are put at even greater risk,
Once again, the Biden administration is doing bureaucratic gymnastics to avoid enforcing US law and ending arms transfers to Israel,
Annie Shiel, US advocacy director at the Center for Civilians in Conflict, said in a social media post The amount of assistance entering Gaza in September was the lowest of any month during the past year,
the US officials said in the letter, giving Israel 30 days to act on a series of demands to “reverse the downward humanitarian trajectory”. If [Biden] was serious he would’ve already done it, as required by law,
said Matt Duss, executive vice president of the Center for International Policy, a think tank in Washington, DC No assistance shall be furnished under this Act or the Arms Export Control Act to any country when it is made known to the President that the government of such country prohibits or otherwise restricts, directly or indirectly, the transport or delivery of United States humanitarian assistance,
We now need the Biden administration to show action, not just words, in enforcing US laws, which prohibit aid to Israel given not only its relentless obstruction of humanitarian relief but deliberate starvation and incessant bombardment of Gaza’s civilians,
Under US law, this renders Israel ineligible to receive American weapons or security assistance,
she wrote on social media A record low average of 69 aid trucks per day entered Gaza in August 2024, compared to 500 per working day last year; which was already not enough to meet people’s needs. In August more than 1 million people did not receive any food rations in southern and central Gaza,
The Government of Israel has said that this is not their policy, that food and other essential supplies will not be cut off, and we will be watching to see that Israel’s actions on the ground match this statement,
There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel. Everything is closed,
This has dealt a serious blow to the credibility of the entire UN system,
Using starvation as a weapon of war is a serious war crime,
he emphasized, underscoring that But none of them has been effectively implemented,
Fu Cong told the emergency meeting on the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip Under the current circumstances, does such a large-scale supply of weapons help realize the objectives of Security Council resolutions? This is a question that needs serious consideration,
In this respect, we particularly hope that the United States will respond to the strong call of the international community and support further actions by the Council to bring about an immediate ceasefire,
The Biden administration has repeatedly asked Israel to minimize civilian casualties and to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza,
said Fawaz Gerges, a professor at the London School of Economics and former director of the LSE Middle East Centre The reason that we haven’t had sufficient levels of humanitarian assistance throughout this entire period is in part there haven’t been consistent consequences for failing to meet those standards,
said Andrew Miller, former deputy assistant secretary for Israeli-Palestinian affairs at the State Department, who called the humanitarian situation in Gaza “a catastrophe.” There’s the diplomatic speak and there’s the real speak. It is some form of threat however you want to describe it,
While Biden isn’t on the ballot anymore, voters are certainly feeling his presence,
NBC News chief political analyst Chuck Todd writes This man is weak, and he is unfit,