Germany, UK and Co.
Over 20 countries require extensive help for gaza strips
The Israeli government has again allowed aid deliveries in the Gaza Strip for the first time. That is not enough, say numerous Geberländer – and criticize criticism of a new distribution mechanism.
In a joint appeal, the Foreign Minister of Germany and around 20 other donor countries are calling on Israel to allow significantly more aid deliveries in the Gaza Strip. “Allow the United Nations and the Humanitarian Organizations to work independently and impartially to save lives, to alleviate and maintain the dignity,” says the letter published by the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin. According to Israeli information, auxiliary deliveries for the needy population had previously returned to the Gaza Strip for the first time. Initially, however, only five trucks reached the coastal strip.
Foreign Minister: New mechanism undermining the role of the UN
With a view to a controversial planned new mechanism of distributing relief goods on site, the statement states that this endangers the beneficiaries and the helpers, undermine the role and independence of the UN and the reliable partners and link humanitarian aid with political and military goals. “Humanitarian aid should never be politicized, and the Palestinian areas must not be reduced or demographic changes.”
According to reports, goods with the new mechanism should only be distributed from a few locations in the Gaza Strip. The UN had criticized the new mechanism, among other things because civilians got into the crossfire on the way to the distribution centers and, for example, old and sick could not reach them at all. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emphasized that the first centers would start operating in the coming days.
The statement was signed by the German Foreign Minister and his counterpart from Great Britain, France, Italy, Australia, Canada and the Netherlands.
dpa
Source: Stern
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