UN: Israel denying aid requests into Gaza leaves "tens of thousands" without clean water and medical supplies
Israel's rejection of coordinated aid into Gaza is "critically" stalling efforts by rights groups to curb the catastrophic humanitarian crisis in the enclave, where the Israeli bombardment has left more than 2.2 million people facing dehydration, starvation and deadly disease.
Israeli authorities denied a planned mission by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the World Health Organization to deliver critical supplies into northern Gaza on January 8, OCHA said on Tuesday. The two UN agencies planned missions to distribute "urgent medical supplies" to a drug store in Gaza City and Al-Awda Hospital in Jabalya in northern Gaza, as well as "vital fuel" to water and sanitation facilities in the region, according to an OCHA update.
It was Israel's fifth denial of a mission to the drug store and hospital since December 26, OCHA said, adding that the sanctions have left five hospitals in northern Gaza without access to life-saving medical supplies and equipment. At the same time, the continued denial of fuel delivery to water and sanitation facilities is leaving tens of thousands of people without access to clean water and increasing the risk of sewage overflows, significantly heightening the risk of the spread of communicable diseases,” the statement said.
A top UN humanitarian official previously warned that depriving Gaza's population of food, water, health care and hygiene "cannot be justified."
CNN has contacted the Israel Defense Forces and COGAT, the government entity responsible for implementing policy in the Palestinian territories, for comment.
I guess if CNN even actually asks for comment, and even if they actually get a response, they are not allowed to publish it anyway...
Krystal and Saagar discuss Israeli politician Ofer Cassif joining South Africa's genocide case against Israel.
Krystal and Saagar discuss Israelis demanding an investigation into IDF killings of Israeli citizens on October 7th.
The myth of Israel's 'democracy' w/Ilan Pappé | The Chris Hedges Report
Israel's status as a bona fide democracy is often taken to be a self-evident truth, but a more critical look at the history and reality of Zionism calls this into question. After all, how can a democracy exist in a country constitutionally defined as an ethnostate that can only exist through the suppression and gradual elimination of its Others?
Israeli historian Ilan Pappé joins The Chris Hedges Report for a discussion on Israel as an inherently colonial, and therefore anti-democratic, project. Ilan Pappé is a professor with the College of Social Sciences and International Studies at the University of Exeter in the UK, where he directs the European Centre for Palestine Studies, and co-directs the Exeter Centre for Ethno-Political Studies. Prior to coming to the UK, Pappé was a historian and politician in Israel. He is the author of several books, including The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine.
The Psychology of Israeli Propaganda
No doubt many horrific things happened on Oct 7, including rape. However the Israeli propaganda machine is undermining real victims of rape and sexual abuse with the continuous extra fabricated 'witness' reports, many of which have been debunked.
The New York Times recently published an explosive report on alleged sexual violence committed by Hamas terrorists against women on October 7th. The story contained testimony from many Witnesses and First Responders who described finding the bodies of murdered women stripped naked or missing their underwear their hands zip tied behind their backs some survivors said they witnessed the rapes firsthand.
Now the sister of an alleged victim featured in The New York Times report has come forward saying there was "no proof that there was rape with respect to her sister" accusing the New York Times of interviewing her family under false pretenses.
Just yesterday the Washington Post published and then deleted a claim by Israel's defense minister that Hamas's plans for October 7th specifically included which Commander should rape which soldiers. However just a day later the Washington Post deleted their report at the apparent behest of their IDF sources writing that their Outlet was "not authorized by Israel to print it".
Today Israeli news paper Haaretz reported that "the police are having difficulty locating victims of sexual assault of witnesses to acts from the Hamas attack and are unable to connect the existing evidence with the victims described in it.
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-01-04/ty-article/.premium/israeli-police-ask-victims-and-witnesses-to-testify-about-hamas-sexual-violence/0000018c-d580-d751-ad8d-ffa4acf40000
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-12-24/ty-article/.premium/without-victims-consent-police-orders-hospitals-to-reveal-info-about-hamas-sexual-crimes/0000018c-9c3f-d17b-addd-bf7f3f300000
(And why is western media ignoring the sexual abuse allegations against the IDF and Israeli prison system)
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