5/07/2025 – For 9 weeks, Israeli authorities have blocked all supplies from entering Gaza—no food, no water, no medicine. Children are starving and many sick and injured people are in desperate need of life-saving supplies. Now, Israel is trying to dismantle the existing UN-led aid system and replace it with a militarized distribution scheme.
As our friends at Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) have stated:
“The international community must see this plan for what it plainly is: another tool of oppression and violence in the context of what international human rights groups have concluded is a campaign of genocide against Palestinians. It is the total inversion of humanitarianism that, if allowed to continue unchallenged, will have dire consequences not only for Gaza’s population, but for humanitarian action over the world.
“Humanitarian aid must be guided by principles of impartiality, neutrality, independence, and humanity. Israel’s responsibilities as an occupying power under international law are clear: to ensure the welfare of the occupied population and to provide them with adequate supplies, and to allow and facilitate humanitarian relief to the occupied territory. These obligations cannot be manipulated to exert control over humanitarian response. This plan only entrenches Israel’s unlawful occupation and is yet another deliberate use of collective punishment.”
Read MAP’s full statement here.
Also, please consider supporting MAP. It’s now more important than ever to support the aid organizations in Gaza that continue to work on the ground, and who are preparing to deliver more life-saving aid as soon as crossings reopen! You can donate here.
