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SvennoJ on 22 December 2023
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Israeli UN envoy dismisses Security Council resolution


Gilad Erdan, speaking during the council meeting, says “The UN’s focus only on aid mechanisms to Gaza is unnecessary and disconnected from reality.”

He continued, saying that “Israel is already allowing aid deliveries at the required scale,” and that “The UN should have focused on the humanitarian crisis of the hostages.”

Erdan also thanked the US for its support during negotiations on the resolution, which according to him kept in place Israel’s ability to continue inspecting aid that enters Gaza.


Foreign minister reiterates Israel won’t stop until Hamas is eliminated

Eli Cohen said in a social media post that Israel would continue its war in Gaza “until the release of all the hostages and the elimination of Hamas in the Gaza Strip”.

Cohen added that Israel would “continue to screen all humanitarian aid to Gaza for security reasons”.

Commenting directly on the Security Council resolution that passed, Cohen said that the decision “emphasizes the need to ensure that the UN becomes more efficient in transferring the humanitarian aid and to make sure that the aid reaches its destination and does not end up in the hands of Hamas terrorists”.



Israeli UN envoy says only barrier to aid deliveries is ‘UN’s ability to accept them’


Israel has condemned UN leadership’s response to the conflict and has accused UNRWA, which coordinates aid deliveries in Gaza, of turning a blind eye to Hamas’s operations. The agency has rejected the claim.

UNRWA has said its facilities have been repeatedly hit by Israeli attacks, with 70 percent of its local staff displaced. At least 136 UNRWA staff have been killed.

Observers have said aid deliveries have been slowed by onerous Israeli security inspection.

Israeli envoy to the UN Jonathan Miller, speaking at the Security Council, said those inspections must remain.

“Enhancing UN monitoring and coordination of aid is not a cure-all,” Miller said. “Any enhancement of UN aid monitoring cannot be done at the expense of Israel security inspections”.



It's nothing new, Israel has been restricting the flow of goods to Gaza for decades, report from 2015, 2019

https://www.ochaopt.org/content/gaza-strip-import-restrictions-impede-delivery-services-and-humanitarian-assistance

https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2019/04/17/world-bank-calls-for-reform-to-the-dual-use-goods-system-to-revive-a-stagnant-palestinian-economy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_imports




Anyway thanks to the US, another pointless neutered resolution which won't change a thing.
Well apart from buying Israel more time to ramp up the bombardments more.


We are calling on the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution to ensure unimpeded access to life-saving humanitarian aid and secure the safe release of hostages. #CeasefireForGazaNOW Our campaign ran today in the @nytimes and the @Guardian