Israel’s war on Gaza remains roadblock to regional peace
Luciano Zaccara, an associate professor of Gulf politics at Qatar University, says the US, Israel, and Iran are all putting a positive spin on the Trump-declared ceasefire to “save face” and “avoid escalation”.
Zaccara said while Iran had already signalled its willingness to return to nuclear negotiations if Israel’s attacks ceased, sustainable peace in the region is unlikely without an end to Israel’s war in Gaza.
“People [are being] killed there more than ever before, and this does not seem to be important [to many countries] any more, at least for Israel or the US.”
NGOs call for end to militarised humanitarian aid operations in Gaza
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and 14 other NGOs are calling for multilateral aid agencies to be allowed to work in Gaza again. The call comes amid concerns about the work of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), an Israeli and US-backed organisation mired in controversy.
Since GHF started operations in late May, Israeli soldiers have killed hundreds of Palestinians gathering for food near its aid centres. In a letter, the signatories said those involved in GHF’s operations in the enclave risked being complicit in war crimes, crimes against humanity and possibly genocide.
Philip Grant, executive director of TRIAL International, said GHF’s model of militarised and privatised aid delivery “violates core humanitarian principles”. He added that GHF’s work “exposes all those who enable or profit from it to real risk of prosecution for complicity in war crimes, including the forcible transfer of civilians and the starvation of civilians as a method of warfare”.
Grant concluded that legal accountability for GHF’s actions were “clear and inescapable under international law”.
Palestinians gather to receive aid in Beit Lahia
