The office said that the Israelis “opened direct fire on hungry Palestinian civilians who had gathered to receive aid“.
“This crime was part of a dubious engineering project run by the American organization called Gaza Humanitarian Relief (GHF),“ the centre said.
The centre said that the foundation contradicts „humanity, neutrality, integrity, and independence“.
The U.N. said at least one person was killed and 47 were injured by gunfire after thousands of Palestinians descended on a new aid site in Rafah on Tuesday.
For the first time in more than a year of war in Gaza, a group of armed Americans is in the middle of it. They are part of a new system designed to deliver desperately needed humanitarian aid. Imtiaz Tyab reports.
Ajith Sunghay, head of the U.N. Human Rights Office for the Palestinian territories, told reporters in Geneva that it appeared Israeli army fire had caused most of the injuries.
On Tuesday, crowds of Palestinians broke through fences and an Associated Press journalist heard Israeli tank and gun fire, and saw a military helicopter firing flares.
This handout satellite picture obtained from Planet Labs PBC dated on May 23, 2025, shows an area around Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip where a new aid distribution centre run by a US-backed group has been set up
Do you demand from any NGO, any government, from the UNRWA director Philippe Lazzarini, from the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to stop their unbearable whining and finally kick this fascist gang of Benyamin Netanyahu out of the United Nations?
Do you?
If not – GET OUT OF THE WAY!
Best,
Daniel
(last Update 26 May, 2025 10:29 AM)
Internal documents seen by The Washington Post show that biometric technology will be deployed at the hubs, handing the Israeli military power to choose who is allowed to receive aid.
There are plans to construct guarded „humanitarian transition areas“, where tens of thousands of Palestinians will be held. Planners anticipate these zones to be described as „concentration camps“ by the public, the documents show.
Five people involved in the planning expressed concern about the militarisation of aid, and the use of mercenary forces and biometrics to police civilians.
The scheme has triggered outcry among some of Israel‘s closest Western allies and humanitarian organisations, who have refused to cooperate with a plan that they say violates basic humanitarian principles.
The UN has warned that the policy has been designed to facilitate the mass displacement of Palestinians, an accusation effectively confirmed by Israeli ministers who have publicly articulated plans to drive the entire population to the south and force them out of Gaza.
(April 1, 2025)
Connecting all these dots leads to a fairly clear conclusion: Israel is preparing to forcibly displace the entire population of Gaza — through a combination of evacuation orders and intense bombardment — into an enclosed and possibly fenced-off area. Anyone caught outside its boundaries would be killed, and buildings throughout the rest of the enclave would likely be razed to the ground.
Without mincing words, this “humanitarian zone,” as Magal so kindly put it, in which the army intends to corral Gaza’s 2 million residents, can be summed up in just two words: concentration camp. This is not hyperbole; it is simply the most precise definition to help us better understand what we are facing.
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, meanwhile, explained that “no supplies whatsoever” prepared by the agency have reached Gaza since the Israeli siege began on 2 March.
Thousands of Palestinians stormed on Tuesday into sites where aid was being distributed by a foundation backed by the U.S. and Israel, with desperation for food overcoming concern about biometric and other checks Israel said it would employ.
By late afternoon on Tuesday, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said it had distributed about 8,000 food boxes, equivalent to about 462,000 meals, after an almost three-month-old Israeli blockade of the war-devastated enclave.
This video explores the devastating food shortage in Gaza caused by Israel’s nearly three-month blockade following the October 2023 conflict. Families like Islam Abu Taeima’s are forced to scavenge for scraps in garbage piles as prices skyrocket and aid barely reaches the population of 2.3 million. With markets empty and charity kitchens overwhelmed, the people of Gaza face starvation and displacement amid ongoing military operations.
We take you inside the heartbreaking reality of Gaza’s hunger crisis, the impact of the blockade on civilians, and the urgent calls from international organizations warning of famine. Learn about the challenges faced by displaced families, the limitations on aid delivery, and the broader humanitarian consequences of this conflict.
If you want to understand the human cost of war and the urgent need for global attention and aid, watch this detailed report on Gaza’s food crisis.
“No business as usual with Israel”, demonstrations by Israeli citizens across Europe will be held tomorrow, Tuesday 27, in 12 major cities to demand: “Suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement! Stop Arming Israel!”
According to the initiative, “As Israeli citizens living in Europe, we are watching with broken hearts and endless rage as the Israeli army is exacting unprecedented destruction on the Gaza Strip and its people, as the Israeli society is deteriorating into fascism and widespread dehumanization, and as our government is committing a genocide aimed at the destruction of Palestinian collectivity.”
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In addition, from June 12 to 14, 2025, Paris will host an exceptional gathering, held under the patronage and in the presence of the French President Emmanuel Macron. The initiative was started by The Alliance for Two States headed by Palestinian Samer Sinijlawi and Israeli Gershon Baskin.
It‘s not the world order that has failed the Palestinians. It‘s the world.
(May 19, 2025)
Israel’s security cabinet has reportedly approved a new model for delivering aid into Gaza, which the UN and our humanitarian partners cannot support. They are clear that they will not participate in any arrangement that does not fully respect the humanitarian principles. Humanitarian principles matter for every conflict around the world and should be applied consistently in every warzone. The UN has raised concerns that the proposed model cannot deliver aid effectively, at the speed and scale required. It places beneficiaries and aid workers at risk, undermines the role and independence of the UN and our trusted partners, and links humanitarian aid to political and military objectives. Humanitarian aid should never be politicised, and Palestinian territory must not be reduced nor subjected to any demographic change.
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The Foreign Ministers of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the UK.
The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, the EU Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management and the EU Commissioner for the Mediterranean.
The New York Times found that the broad contours of the plan were first discussed in late 2023, at private meetings of like-minded officials, military officers and business people with close ties to the Israeli government.
The group called itself the Mikveh Yisrael Forum, after a college where members convened in December 2023. Its leading figures gradually settled on the idea of hiring private contractors to distribute food in Gaza, circumventing the United Nations.
The planning documents anticipated public skepticism and preemptively prepared talking points in case the GHF encountered allegations likening its food distribution hubs and residential compounds to “‘concentration camps’ with biometrics” or comparing the organization to Blackwater, a former U.S. mercenary firm implicated in violence against civilians in Iraq.
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In mid-2024, Israeli officials shared their plans with a group of private-sector American consultants led by Phil Reilly, a retired CIA paramilitary officer and former agency station chief in Afghanistan. Reilly’s group, said five of the Israeli and American individuals, took over the planning and determined that a new company led by Reilly, named Safe Reach Solutions, would be the future subcontractor that would provide security and logistics for the hubs.
It‘s not the world order that has failed the Palestinians. It‘s the world.
18 May 2025
From Philippe Lazzarini, the UNRWA Commissioner-General as posted on his official X account (previously known as Twitter)
Gaza: throughout this war, one of the most dreadful updates I regularly receive is the death toll on UNRWA
staff.
Today, that death toll has surpassed the gruesome milestone of 300.
The vast majority of staff were killed by the Israeli Army with their children and loved ones: whole families wiped out.
In a post on X, Unrwa said “For 11 weeks, Israeli authorities have deliberately blocked all supplies to Gaza. The only thing entering Gaza right now are bombs. Nowhere is safe.”
It added: “Intensified Israeli bombardments from air, land, and sea have resulted in hundreds of casualties and mass displacement.”
(April 27, 2025)
It‘s not the world order that has failed the Palestinians. It‘s the world.
(April 27, 2025)
It‘s not the world order that has failed the Palestinians. It‘s the world.
(October 29, 2025)
The laws effectively ban Unrwa from operating inside Israel, Gaza, the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. The ban would amount to a revocation of privileges and immunities enjoyed by UN organisations under the UN Charter.
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The protection is enshrined in the UN Charter and the General Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations.
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“In the face of such an outrage against it, the UN must lose no time in taking action,” he said.
“It should request the International Court of Justice for an urgent advisory opinion, which under the General Convention on the Privileges and Immunities will be binding on Israel and on the United Nations itself.”It should request the International Court of Justice for an urgent advisory
(April 27, 2025)
In short: every government of a UN member state could bring in a resolution to the Assembly that, once it is adopted, requests an urgent advisory opinion of the World Court, the International Court of Justice.
And if the World Court decides so, Israel is being kicked out of the United Nations. That‘s it. The Security Council is meaningless on that matter.
So here is the question of questions, to all of you around the world: Although it has been publicly demanded, even promised by various governments – why hasn´t this happened yet?
Israel has long criticised involvement of the United Nations, seeing it as biased, and has banned work of the UN agency that supports Palestinian refugees.
Asked about the lack of a role for the United Nations, whose efforts have been impeded by Israel, Bruce said: „Endless press releases and Hamas appeasement have not delivered food, medicine or shelter to those who need it.“
(April 27, 2025)
It‘s not the world order that has failed the Palestinians. It‘s the world.
(April 27, 2025)
It‘s not the world order that has failed the Palestinians. It‘s the world.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, holds public hearings on the request for an advisory opinion on the Obligations of Israel in relation to the Presence and Activities of the United Nations, Other International Organizations and Third States in and in relation to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, from 28 April to 2 May 2025, at the Peace Palace in The Hague, the seat of the Court. Session held under the presidency of Judge Iwasawa Yuji, President of the Court.
Oral statements of: Tunisia; Vanuatu; League of Arab States; Organisation of Islamic Cooperation; African Union.
Brazil’s representative, Ambassador to the court Marcelo Viegas, summed up the present situation: “The ongoing catastrophe in Gaza, now reaching 18 months, has already claimed over 51,000 lives, most of whom women and children. After a brief ceasefire, during which hostages were released and desperately needed humanitarian aid was temporarily allowed to reach the population of Gaza, Israel resumed blocking food, medicine, and other essential supplies from entering the territory, restarted its attacks, and launched a new ground offensive in Gaza. 6. In this troubling context, the present advisory opinion is sorely and urgently needed.”
South Africa Tuesday intensified its legal and diplomatic campaign at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing Israel of breaching international law through its occupation and military actions in Gaza and the West Bank.
Speaking before ICJ in The Hague, Zane Dangor, director-general of South Africa’s Department of International Relations and Cooperation, painted a stark picture of life for Palestinians, referencing United Nations reports describing Gaza as a “killing field” and warning of a man-made famine.
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ICJ hears case related to Israel‘s ban on Unrwa
Die UN-Generalversammlung hatte den IGH, das höchste UN-Gericht, mit einem Gutachten beauftragt. Es soll klären, welche Verpflichtungen Israel als Besatzungsmacht hat, um internationale humanitäre Hilfe und Entwicklungshilfe zuzulassen. Mehr als 40 Staaten haben Stellungnahmen angekündigt.
Hearings resume at The Hague: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) begins its second day of hearings at 08:00 GMT. Over five days, the court will examine Israel‘s legal duties in occupied Palestinian territories, including Gaza and the West Bank.
Yesterday, the first day of the hearings, was quite in depth with Palestine given ample time by President Yuji Iwasawa and 13-strong judging panel to give its argument.
Today, the pace really picks up. We have nine countries going before the panel, each being allocated half an hour to speak.
We have South Africa, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Belgium, Colombia in the morning session. And then in the afternoon, we have Bolivia, Brazil, Chile and Spain.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) holds public hearings on the request for an advisory opinion on the Obligations of Israel in relation to the Presence and Activities of the United Nations, Other International Organizations and Third States in and in relation to the Occupied Palestinian Territory on 29 April 2025.
Monday 28 April 2025
10 a.m.-10.15 a.m. Opening of the oral proceedings
10.15 a.m.-10.45 a.m. United Nations
10.45 a.m.-11.30 a.m. Palestine
11.30 a.m.-11.45 a.m. Break
11.45 a.m.-1 p.m. Palestine (continued)
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3 p.m.-4 p.m. Palestine (end)
4 p.m.-4.15 p.m. Break
4.15 p.m.-5 p.m. Egypt
5 p.m.-5.30 p.m. Malaysia
Tuesday 29 April 2025
10 a.m.-10.30 a.m. South Africa
10.30 a.m.-11 a.m. Algeria
11 a.m.-11.30 a.m. Saudi Arabia
11.30 a.m.-11.45 a.m. Break
11.45 a.m.-12.15 p.m. Belgium
12.15 p.m.-12.45 p.m. Colombia
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3 p.m.-3.30 p.m. Bolivia
3.30 p.m.-4 p.m. Brazil
4 p.m.-4.15 p.m. Break
4.15 p.m.-4.45 p.m. Chile
4.45 p.m.-5.15 p.m. Spain
Wednesday 30 April 2025
10 a.m.-10.30 a.m. United States of America
10.30 a.m.-11 a.m. Russian Federation
11 a.m.-11.30 a.m. France
11.30 a.m.-11.45 a.m. Break
11.45 a.m.-12.15 p.m. Hungary
12.15 p.m.-12.45 p.m. Indonesia
***
3 p.m.-3.30 p.m. Türkiye
3.30 p.m.-4 p.m. Iran
4 p.m.-4.30 p.m. Jordan
4.30 p.m.-4.45 p.m. Break
4.45 p.m.-5.15 p.m. Kuwait
5.15 p.m.-5.45 p.m. Luxembourg
Thursday 1 May 2025
10 a.m.-10.30 a.m. Maldives
10.30 a.m.-11 a.m. Mexico
11 a.m.-11.15 a.m. Break
11.15 a.m.-11.45 a.m. Namibia
11.45 a.m.-12.15 p.m. Norway
***
3 p.m.-3.30 p.m. Pakistan
3.30 p.m.-4 p.m. Panama
4 p.m.-4.30 p.m. Poland
4.30 p.m.-4.45 p.m. Break
4.45 p.m.-5.15 p.m. Qatar
5.15 p.m.-5.45 p.m. United Kingdom
Friday 2 May 2025
10 a.m.-10.30 a.m. China
10.30 a.m.-11 a.m. Senegal
11 a.m.-11.30 a.m. Slovenia
11.30 a.m.-11.45 a.m. Break
11.45 a.m.-12.15 p.m. Sudan
12.15 p.m.-12.45 p.m. Switzerland
12.45 p.m.-1.15 p.m. Comoros
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3 p.m.-3.30 p.m. Tunisia
3.30 p.m.-4 p.m. Vanuatu
4 p.m.-4.30 p.m. League of Arab States
4.30 p.m.-4.45 p.m. Break
4.45 p.m.-5.15 p.m. Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
5.15 p.m.-5.45 p.m. African Union
(April 28, 2025)
Der Internationale Gerichtshof (IGH) beginnt heute, Montag, mit öffentlichen Anhörungen zur Vorlage eines Gutachtens über die Verpflichtungen des israelischen Besatzungsregimes gegenüber der UNO, ihren Agenturen und Körperschaften in den besetzten palästinensischen Gebieten.
Earlier in her 30-minute opening submission to the court, the UN undersecretary general for legal affairs, Elinor Hammarskjöld, opted for a full-throated assertion of the immunities and privileges of the UN and its subsidiary bodies under the UN charter and 1946 convention on UN privileges.
She said Israel had no right unilaterally to declare UN bodies were not impartial and so deny cooperation or aid, adding: “When the basic elements of this [the charter’s] legal framework are not observed, the very nature of the work of the organisation on behalf of its member states is in jeopardy.”