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UN World Food Programme to help deliver Gaza aid via US-built sea pier: Report
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has agreed to help deliver aid for the starving people of Gaza via sea when a US military-built pier is complete, according to a report. WFP will be partnering with USAID to carry out the humanitarian effort, but it remains unclear when the US will complete the construction of the pier in Gaza, The Associated Press (AP) news agency reports.
“This is a complex operation that requires coordination between many partners, and our conversations are ongoing,” USAID said in a statement to AP.
US and WFP officials are working on how to deliver aid to Palestinian civilians “in an independent, neutral, and impartial manner”, the agency said.
Student protest calling for ceasefire in Gaza continues at New York’s Columbia University
A protest in New York City calling for a ceasefire in Gaza has entered its third night, as students continue to occupy the central square of Columbia University.
The protesters denounced the decision of university president Minouche Shafik to authorise the police to arrest at least 108 demonstrators, who erected tents inside the campus to call attention to the Israeli war on Gaza.
The student protesters are also demanding that Columbia University divest from companies linked to Israel. The university’s student publication, Columbia Spectator, reported that as of Friday evening, all individuals who were arrested have been released from custody.
But the publication said the university has also begun issuing formal notices of “interim suspension starting late Friday” to students who participated in Wednesday’s “Gaza Solidarity Encampment”.
Outrage over the arrest of the students has set off similar protests at other top US universities, including Harvard and Yale.
More than 100 pro-Palestine protesters arrested at US university
The president of Columbia University in New York said police were authorised to clear the campus of pro-Palestinian demonstrators who had set up a tent encampment in solidarity with the people of Gaza.
University authorities said the hundreds of students who took part in the peaceful protest had breached rules regarding unauthorised gatherings on campus.
Despite the mass arrests and demonstrators facing suspension from their university courses, students said they will continue their activism in support of Palestinians.
