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We have sent a team from Washington to the region. They're working through the modalities of how many more checkpoints can be open at one time, how the hours can be extended, where the trucks can be sourced from,
Power told MSNBC
If we start to flood Gaza with assistance ... that might also mitigate, in fact, this type of tension,
said UNRWA chief Philippe LazzariniIt's doable, but it's unrealistic to believe that the 600 trucks would be brought only by the U.N. or humanitarian organizations,
he told reportersTo put it simply, the fact that the deal increases the amount of aid illustrates that Israel is controlling, and has controlled throughout the war, the amount of aid that enters the Gaza Strip,
Mann said
This [part of the agreement] is astonishing to me,
Sfard said of the provision to surge aidIt is similar to the amounts before the war, but that was to meet routine needs in an organised way. Now, after the war, there are serious shortages and people have much greater needs.”
Hassan Jabareen, the director of the human rights NGO Adalah, which is also part of the high court petition on aid access, saidThis bill should not be implemented,
Touma saidPeople have lost everything, they need everything. Any increase, any improvement from what we have today, is going to be very welcome.”
Juliette Touma, the communications director for Unrwa, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, saidSince Rafah has been destroyed, the infrastructure is not there to be able to cope with that level of logistics,
she explained, with bombs audible in the background
Everything has been destroyed. Children are on the streets. You can't pinpoint just one priority,
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) coordinator Amande Bazerolle told AFP by phone from GazaWe're closing one chapter of suffering and opening a new one, ... At least there is some hope of the bloodshed ending."
he predicted, before addingAt least until we stop seeing children dying of hypothermia,
he said via text message from GazaPeople aren't even talking about rebuilding their houses, but just the most basic essential needs,
he continuedIt is imperative that this ceasefire removes the significant security and political obstacles to delivering aid across Gaza,
said the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Gutteres
We are carrying aid like food and medication for our brothers in Gaza,
he saysThe UN cannot deliver the response alone,
said Rik Peeperkorn, WHO representative for the Occupied Palestinian TerritoryI think now what you have enabled is the world to believe that they have to move forward without the United States ― and I think that is extremely dangerous for America on a global stage, when people feel like America should not be the first ally they think about,
Habash said
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Whether we’re talking about American taxpayer money or whether we’re talking about American freedoms, there’s this assumption across much of the political establishment, again on a bipartisan basis, that unqualified support for Israel is the right thing. And the answer is, not for America it’s not,
said Josh Paul, who with Tariq Habash co-founded the lobby group A New Policy after they resigned from the Biden administration in protest of its Gaza policyJoe Biden, coming into office, was expected to reestablish America’s role on a global stage, right? He was supposed to bring us back into the fold, to bring honor back to America,
Habash said
America’s allies and partners, particularly in the Middle East, have taken note of who they can rely on to stand by their friends and who they cannot, which powers work to defuse crises and which powers stand back and do nothing — or make problems worse.”
However, in a speech Tuesday before the Atlantic Council, a nonpartisan think tank in Washington, Secretary of State Antony Blinken affirmed President Joe Biden’s stance on Israel, saying