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.
At least five Palestinians killed, 50 wounded by an Israeli attack that targeted people gathering around a truck carrying flour in southern Gaza.
Witnesses to Israel’s bombing of a family home in Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp that left some 50 people dead or missing told Al Jazeera that “the Israeli military is killing civilians for fun”.
The director of medical relief in Gaza says only 92 aid trucks have entered the Strip in three days.
He added that the healthcare, water, and food situation in Gaza is very difficult, and no food or medical aid has reached northern Gaza.
(May 23, 2025)
In Gaza city’s Al Jalaa neighbourhood, Mohammed Al Mahlawi, a father of five, described the growing desperation.
“We keep hearing that bakeries are operating in the south and flour is being distributed. But here in the north, we see none of it. There is no bread, no aid and no indication that the crisis is nearing an end,” he told The National.
“The world is watching us starve – men, women, and children – and does nothing.
According to the UN World Health Organization (WHO) at least 57 children have reportedly died from the effects of malnutrition, according to the local health authorities. The number is likely an underestimate and is expected to increase if the aid blockade continues.
In their latest report, respected and UN-partnered food insecurity experts warned that nearly 71 000 children under the age of five are expected to be acutely malnourished over the next 11 months unless Gazans can access sufficient food and healthcare support.
(May 22, 20255:20 PM GMT+2Updated 39 min ago)
Flour and other aid started reaching some of Gaza‘s most vulnerable areas on Thursday after Israel let some trucks through, but nowhere near enough to make up for shortages caused by an 11-week blockade, Palestinian officials said.
Many other trucks were still at the border, and people were still waiting to receive food, amid fears that desperate crowds would try to loot the vehicles when they arrived, the Palestinian Red Crescent warned.
Palestinians in Gaza received long-awaited aid trucks into the enclave, but UN officials say the amount allowed through by Israel is far from enough.
Published May 22, 2025
GAZA – A handful of bakeries in south and central Gaza, supported by the World Food Programme (WFP), have resumed bread production after dozens of trucks were finally able to collect cargo from the Kerem Shalom border crossing and deliver it overnight.
These bakeries are now operational distributing bread via hot meal kitchens. However, after nearly 80 days of a total blockade of humanitarian assistance, families still face a high risk of famine and far more aid is needed across all of Gaza.
The bombing of a civilian vessel in European territory, without international condemnation or serious inquiry, underscores a broader pattern: Israel’s escalating violence against civilians is met with silence and complicity from the international community. The attack on the Conscience is not an isolated incident, but part of a decades-long pattern of impunity—now extending far beyond Gaza’s borders. As we prepare to launch our next action with the yacht Madleen, we do so with the sobering knowledge that, in a world unwilling to restrain Israeli aggression, our civilian vessels remain vulnerable. Yet we also move forward with renewed determination—because Palestinians in Gaza still call, and the world must respond.
„I renew my appeal to allow the entry of dignified humanitarian aid and to put an end to the hostilities, whose heartbreaking price is paid by the children, elderly, and the sick.“
Pope Leo XIV made that appeal toward the conclusion of his first General Audience in St. Peter‘s Square on 21 May.
In his remarks to Italian pilgrims, he said, „The situation in the Gaza Strip is increasingly worrying and painful.“
1. Al-Haq, Law in the Service of Man
2. Al Mezan Center for Human Rights
3. AMAN Coalition
4. Arab Lawyer Union, Egypt
5. Human Rights Watch
6. The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)
7. Law for Palestine (UK)
8. Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development – Jordan
9. Bisan Center for Research and Development
10. Center for Constitutional Rights, New York
11. Child Rights International Network (CRIN), United Kingdom
12. Defence for Children International
13. Doctors Against Genocide – USA
14. Filastiniyat
15. Cordaid, Netherlands
16. GENERAL UNION OF CULTURAL CENTERS
17. Nelson Mandela Foundation, South Africa
18. GLAN | Global Legal Action Network – Ireland
19. Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (GCR2P) – New York
20. Health Work Committees
21. IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation – Turkiye
22. International Association of Democratic Lawyers – Brussels
23. International Commission of Jurists, Norwegian section (ICJ Norway)
24. International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) – Paris, France
25. Jewish Network for Palestine – United Kingdom
26. Centre for Economic Social Cultural Rights In Africa (CESCRA), Uganda
27. ESCR-Net – International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
28. Jewish Voice for Peace – Hawai’i
29. Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center (JLAC)
30. Association for Women‘s Rights in Development (AWID)
31. Legal Action for Peace – United Kingdom
32. National Lawyers Guild International – United States
33. Palestine Independent Commission for Human Rights
34. Palestine Solidarity Campaign UK
35. Palestinian Bar Association
36. Progressive Democrats of America
37. The European Legal Support Center (ELSC), The Netherlands
38. The Hind Rajab Foundation
39. The International Commission for Supporting the Rights of the Palestinian People “Hashd”
40. The Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy (PIPD)
41. The Palestinian Centre for the Independence of Judiciary and Legal Profession – Musawa
42. Grassroots International, US
43. Action For Humanity, United Kingdom
44. The Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy – MIFTAH
45. The Women’s Centre for Legal Aid and Counseling
46. Transnational Institute – Netherlands
47. Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC)
48. Women’s Affairs Technical Committee – WATC
49. Worldwide Lawyers Association (WOLAS)
50. Palestinian Youth Association for Leadership and Rights Activation
51. PWWSD Women Rights
52. Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA)
53. Arab World Democracy and Electoral Monitor (Almarsad)
54. The Civil Commission for the independence of Judiciary and Rule of Law (ISTIQLAL)
55. The Center for Defense of Liberties and Civil Rights “Hurryyat”
56. Sharek Youth Forum
57. Al-Haq Europe
58. Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association
59. Palestinian Working Woman Society for Development PWWSD
60. Australian Centre for International Justice (ACIJ)
61. The March 30 Movement – Brussels
62. Olive Kids – The Australian Foundation for Palestinian Children
63. British Palestinian Committee
64. Associazione di Consulenza in Diritto del Mare (ASCOMARE) – Italy
65. Defence for Children International Italia
66. Scottish Anti-Racism Education
67. Demokratischen Komitees Palästina – Germany
68. Défense des enfants International Belgique
69. People Before Profit Derry
70. Neighbours NPO
71. Anthropologists for Palestine, Italy
72. Movement for Debt and Reparations – South Africa
73. Abortion Rights Campaign Donegal
74. Abogados Chilenos por Palestina – Chile
75. Liberating Evangelical Lutheran Church in South Africa
76. Save Our Sacred Lands
77. United for Palestine – South Africa
78. Islamic Forum – South Africa
79. Methodist Church of Southern Africa
80. We Will Speak Out South Africa (WWSOSA)
81. Boycott Israeli Hardware Group – South Africa
82. Palestine Solidarity Campaign Cape Town
83. Plataforma Pro-tram Sant Joan Mutxamel
84. Avocats pour la Justice au Proche-Orient AJPO – France
85. Enfield Community Action Group
86. Progressive Democrats of America – Arizona
87. Irish Healthcare Workers for Palestine
88. Kia Ora Gaza (New Zealand)
89. The internatipnal committee for Breaking the siege of Gaza
90. Group of 62O chilean lawyers – Chile
91. Europal Forum
92. Habaq for Human rights training and development
93. Mavi Marmara Freedom and Solidarity Association
94. Edinburgh University Student Staff Assembly
95. Northwest Ohio Peace Coalition
96. Justice center for legal aid – Jordan
97. Milford and District Resource Centre
98. S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN)
99. Ealing Friends Of Palestine
100. Architects for Gaza – Uk
101. Tamkeen for legal aid and human rights
102. World Peace Now ॐ – Australia
103. Comunità Palestinese in Campania – Napoli
104. Aksa Kadınları Derneği Ağrı – Türkiye
105. Kudüs ve Hukuk Platformu – Türkiye
106. Queer Folk®, Inc. – United States
107. Cihannüma derneği – Türkiye
108. Asociación Americana de Juristas – Panamá
109. Seed of Love Hawai‘i – Hawaii
110. Human Rights Department – PLO
111. Kia Ora Gaza (New Zealand)
112. British Arab Nursing and Midwifery Association
113. Friends of Sabeel North America, Claremont Chapter – USA
114. Health Care Workers for Palestine – Maine
115. Maine Voices for Palestinian Rights Maine, USA
116. Australia Palestine Advocacy Network
117. Palestine Pulse (UK)
118. MAA International – Australia
119. International Tribunal of Conscience of Peoples in Movement
120. World Beyond War Australia
121. Passionists International – United States
122. Digital Memory Association – Turkiye
123. International Association of Democratic Lawyers – Philippines
124. Community Action Center- Al-Quds University – Jersalem
125. Khulumani Support Group – South Africa
126. Hawaii Peace and Justice
127. S. Boats to Gaza – United States
128. Rasheed Transparency International – Jordan
129. East Clare for Palestine
130. Phenix Center for Economics & Informatics Studies – Jordan
131. Veterans for Peace-Hawai‘i
132. Makan Rights – UK
133. United Against Racism Mayo – Ireland
134. Newham Palestine Solidarity Network – London
135. Balbriggan Palestine Solidarity Grouo
136. We Belong Africa – South Africa
137. Muslim Public Affairs Forum Committee – UK
138. Community Action Redbridge
139. Redbridge Palestine Solicarity Campaign
140. Sari for Change – South Africa
141. Widows for Peace through Democracy – UK
142. The Palestinian Forum in Britain (PFB)
143. South African Municipal Workers‘ Union – South Africa
144. Jewish Voice for Labour – UK
145. Jewish Peaceniks UK
146. Peace Appeal Foundation
147. Gorey Youth Needs Group Gorey – Ireland
148. Seanad Civil Engagement Group – Ireland
149. Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary NGO
150. Foundation for Human Rights – South Africa
151. Centre for Human Rights Research and Advocacy (CENTHRA), Malaysia
152. MA‘AN Development Center, Palestine
153. MontCo for Palestine, Lansdale
154. Congregation of the Mission – Italy
155. Center for Refugee Rights – AIDOUN, Lebanon
156. Palestine Solidarity Campaign Cape Town
157. The Majed Abu Sharar Media Foundation (MASMF), Lebanon
158. Good Energies Alliance Ireland
159. Colchester Action for Palestine
160. Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign
161. Gaza Action Ireland
162. Mision Ezequiel Lugo Morales inc.
163. Frente de Capoeira pro Palestina, Ecuador
164. Palestine-Global Mental Health Network, Palestine
165. Red de Solidaridad Popular de Jinámar, Spain
166. Salt River Heritage Society, South Africa
167. Cloncannon Biofarm, Ireland
168. End water poverty, UK
169. Street Medicine Ireland
170. Palestinian Union of the Deaf
171. Red Centroamericana de Acción del Agua, Central Amarica
172. South African Jews for a Free Palestine
173. Belgian Academics and Artists for Palestine
174. Socialist Lawyers Association of Ireland
175. Comhlamh Justice for Palestine – Ireland
176. Comision Ecuménica de Derechos Humanos CEDHU – Ecuador
177. Congregations of St Joseph – NGO – USA
178. Jews for Justice for Palestinians, UK
179. South African Jews for a Free Palestine
180. Campaign Against Arms Trade, United Kingdom
181. Defence For Children – International Canada
182. Nenagh Friends of Palestine, Ireland
183. BDS Clare, Ireland
184. Psychoanalytic Voices for Palestine, UK
185. Housing and Land Rights Network – Habitat International Coalition
186. Red Universitaria por Palestina, Spain
187. Civil Engagement Group, Ireland
188. A & A Rainbow Hearts Around The World, Poland
189. VIVAT International, New York
190. Scarborough Southwest for Palestine, Canada
191. Women Working Group (WWG), Indonesia
192. Forum of Computer Scientists for Peace and Social Responsibility, Germany
193. Derry Branch of Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign
194. Christian Aid, UK
195. Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in the Middle East, Germany
196. SeRVE Indonesia, Indonesia
197. National Union of Peoples Lawyers, Philippines
198. Global Jews for Palestine
199. Australian & Aotearoa New Zealand Doctors for Palestine
200. Labor for Palestine, United States
201. No Detention Centers in Michigan, USA
202. Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition
203. Hunter Asylum Seeker Advocacy, Australia
204. Pax Christi International, Brussels
205. Sh‘ma Koleinu – Alternative Jewish Voices (NZ), New Zealand
206. Frontline Film Foundation, Australia
207. Young Christian Students Movement, South Africa
208. Christian Action Movement, Johannesburg
209. The Jordanian Federation of the Independent Trade Unions
210. No Azure for Apartheid
211. Al Amal Association for the Deaf, Palestine
212. The Rights Forum, The Netherlands
213. Extinction Rebellion Gauteng, South Africa
214. Clare Solidarity Network, Ireland
215. KZN monitor, Durban
216. Xarxa UAB per Palestina
217. Anglican church of Southern Africa
218. Un Ponte Per, Italy
219. KZN Palestine Solidarity Forum, South Africa
220. South Africa Palestine Movement
221. Save Our Local Hospitals, London
222. Scottish Universities Jewish Staff Network, Scotland
223. The Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (KontraS), Indonesia
224. The Palestine Committee in Norway, Norway
225. The Association of Norwegian NGOs for Palestine, Norway
226. Road to 50% APS, Italy
227. Unión de Comités Autónomos de Agua del Oriente del Estado de México
228. Centro de Documentación en Derechos Humanos „Segundo Montes Mozo SJ“ (CSMM), Ecuador
229. Défense des enfants international, France
230. Asociación Americana de Juristas
231. Red Centroamericana de Acción del Agua – Nica
232. Jews Against the Occupation ‘48, Australia
233. Acción Palestina Chiapas, Mexico
234. An Claíomh Glas, Ireland
235. Women‘s Initiatives for Gender Justice, The Netherlands
236. Social Workers for a Free Palestine, UK
237. Global Coalition Against the Occupation in Palestine
238. Action Reflection Community (ARC), South Africa
239. Vivencias, Manaus Amazone Brazil
240. Hackney Palestine Solidarity, London
241. Justice for Palestine Magan-djin (Brisbane), Australia
242. MENA Rights Group, Switzerland
243. Earth Thrive, UK
244. Menningar og friðarsamtökin MFÍK, Iceland
245. Friends of the Earth Ireland, Ireland
246. European Water Movement, Belgium
247. Medical Rights Advocacy Network (MeRAN)
248. Pakistan Council on Family Relations, Pakistan
249. Environmental Law Ireland at An Taisce
250. Quaker Service Norway, Norway
251. Norwegian People‘s Aid, Norway
252. Coalition of Women for Justice and Peace group, Australia
253. Food Researchers in Edinburgh (FRIED)
254. Alliance for Water Justice in Palestine, Boston, MA
255. France Palestine Mental Health Network, France
256. Deutsch-Palästinensische Gesellschaft, Germany
257. Climate Action Network Arab World
258. FIAN International, Germany
259. Climate Action Network (CAN) Zambia
260. Not On Our Dime, Pittsburgh, PA
261. ACT Ubumbano, South Africa
262. Good Health Community Programmes, Kenya
263. Climate Action Network (CAN) Africa, Tanzania
264. ALTSEAN-Burma
265. Masifundise Development Trust, South Africa
266. Komitee für Grundrechte und Demokratie, Germany
267. Global Initiative Against Impunity (GIAI), France
268. Friends of Swazi Freedom
269. Franciscans International, Switzerland
270. Terra Nuova, Italy
271. Schola Campesina Aps, Italy
272. Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, Tunis
273. PEOPLES FEDERATION FOR NATIONAL PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT (PEFENAP), MALAWI (AFRICA)
274. Seek The Alternatives, Canada
275. Soroptimist International, UK
276. Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME), Canada
277. Peace SOS, The Netherlands
278. Southern African Faith Communities Environment Institute, SAFCE
279. UK-Palestine Child Psychotherapists, UK
280. Plant-for-the-Planet Brazil
281. Help Initiative for Social Justice and Humanitarian Development (HI), Nigeria
282. Climate Action Network (CAN), Europe/Belgium
283. Perth Mums for Palestine, Perth – Western Australia
284. Engajamundo Youth Association, Brazil
285. Eurochild, Belgium
286. The Center for Advancement in Heart Based Education, Texas
287. WE The World, New York
288. A United Earth, Texas/Netherlands
289. Agricultural Justice Project, USA
290. Women for Peace, Finland
291. Friends of Sabeel North America (MI), Michigan
292. Frantz Fanon Foundation
293. No Pride in Policing Collective, Toronto
294. Women‘s International League for Peace and Freedom Ghana
295. Peace Action, USA
296. Scholar Strike Canada, Toronto
297. Palestine Solidarity Campaign SA, Cape Town
298. Streetwise Transformers, Kenya
299. Le Questionnement Psychanalytique, Brussels
300. Center for International Environmental Law, USA
301. GRUPO AMBIENTALISTA DA BAHIA – GAMBÃ, BRASIL
302. A Most Perfect Love Foundation, United States
303. Muslim Peace Fellowship, United States
304. Health workers 4 Palestine, United Kingdom
305. Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary, United States
306. Ecologistas en Acción, Spain
307. Climate Action Network (CAN) International, Global
308. High Peak Green New Deal, UK
309. UNAforWomen, Vienna
310. Mater Fondazione, Switzerland
311. Federation of Young European Greens, Belgium
312. Communnity Organizing Center, USA
313. AUPA Asamblea Universitaria por Palestina de Alicante, Spain
314. Palestinian-Canadian Academics and Artists Network (PCAAN), Canada
315. Montreal for a World BEYOND War, Canada
316. Maine Coalition for Palestine, Maine, USA
317. Environmentalists Against War, USA
318. Christian-Jewish Allies for A Just Peace for Israel-Palestine, Philadelphia/SE PA
319. Vermont Peace/AntiWar Coalition (VPAC), USA
320. Women‘s International League for Peace and Freedom – Norway
321. UK-Palestine Mental Health Network, United Kingdom
322. Palestine Vivra, Montreal
323. Institute Climate Politics, Brazil
324. Seven Sisters Collective, Turtle island
325. Brazilian Climate Observatory (Observatório do Clima, OC), Brazil
326. World March of Women, Kenya
327. Women Against Military Madness, Minnesota, U
328. United Church of Christ Movement for Palestinian Solidarity (formerly UCC PIN)
329. Islamic Society of Greater Lansing, USA
330. Progressive Jews for Justice in Israel/Palestine, UK
331. Sustainable Agriculture of Louisville (SAL)
332. Palestinian Youth Movement, U.S.A.
333. S. Citizens for Peace & Justice — Rome, Italy
334. Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security, USA
335. Climate Action Network Southeast Asia Malaysia
336. Platform Vrouwen & Duurzame Vrede, Holland
337. Workers World Party, U.S.A.
338. The Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and
Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean, United States
339. International Coalition to Stop Genocide in Palestine
340. Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa, Aotearoa New Zealand
341. Ontario Palestinian Rights Association, Canada
342. Family Therapists for Palestine, UK
343. Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance, Australia
344. Physician for Human Rights Israel, Israel
345. Parliamentarians for Global Action, The Hague
346. Associação Angá, Brazil
347. Civilian Peace Service Canada, Canada
348. Massachusetts Peace Action, Massachusetts
349. Nicaragua Solidarity Organization
350. Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom UK
351. Mujeres de Negro contra la Guerra-Madrid, Spain
352. PEACE2000 INSTITUTE, Iceland
353. Academics for Palestine, Ireland
354. Marrickville Peace Group, Sydney, Australia
355. Just Peace Queensland, Australia
356. Family Farm Defenders, USA
357. New Jersey Peace Action, USA
358. Conscience Canada, Canada
359. Nova Scotia Voice of Women for Peace, Canada
360. Meta Peace Team, United States
361. Pax Christi Michigan, USA
362. Operação Amazônia Nativa, Brazil
363. Niagara Movement for Justice in Palestine Israel, Canada
364. Pax Christi New York State, USA
365. Pax Christi Dallas Dallas, USA
366. Pax Christi New Jersey, USA
367. Fields of Peace, USA
368. Lansing Area Peace Education Center, USA
369. Independent and Peaceful Australia Network, Australia
370. Middle East Ministry – All Saints Pasadena, USA
371. Union Aid Abroad – APHEDA, Australia
372. Asian Rural Women‘s Coalition
373. Pacific Islands Climate Action Network
374. Peace-seeking Iranian Veterans, Iran/U.S.
375. Pax Christi Little Rock Little Rock, USA
376. Fagforbundet – Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees, Norway
377. Jewish Women 4 Peace Action Ready Group, Australia
378. Polo Europeo della Conoscenza, Italy
379. Cultura È Libertà, Italy
380. Popular Struggle Coordination Committee, Palestine
381. Urgenci – International Network for Community Supported, France
382. Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN), Vanuatu
383. Ecoclimate Vision, Democratic Republic of Congo
384. Association de Solidarité Inter-Peuples, France
385. Association France Palestine Solidarité, France
386. International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP), United Kingdom
387. Christian Aid, United Kingdom
388. Association of Jungian Analysts (AJA), London
389. Global Justice Now, UK
390. University and College Union Scotland, UK
391. Centre Delàs of Peace Studies, Barcelona
392. Women for Peace, Stockholm
393. Haki Nawiri Afrika, Kenya
394. Pax Christi Australia, Australia
395. Edinburgh Centre for Medical Anthropology (EdCMA), United Kingdom
396. People’s Action for Inclusive Development, Cambodia
397. Umhlabathi Collective, Johannesburg
398. Greater Manchester & District Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, UK
399. Palestine Justice Movement Sydney
400. Top End Peace Alliance, Northern Territory Australia
401. THEATRO TECHNIS, London
402. University of New South Wales Staff for Palestine, Australia
403. Diaspora Action Group Amsterdam, Netherlands
404. The Walter and Albertina Sisulu Foundation for Social Justice, South Africa
405. Lotta antifa, Italy
406. The National Association of Intellectual Disabilities (Þroskahjálp), Iceland
407. International Physicians for the Prevention of War (IPPNW), Germany
408. Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, UK
409. Miknaf Ha’aretz, UK
410. Lincolnshire Proficiency Tests Committee, London
411. Vrede vzw, Belgium
412. Viva Salud, Belgium
413. Jewish Action For Palestine, Manchester
414. Association Swiss Palestine, Switzerland
415. Brigada de Alter, Brazil
416. Happy Minds, Australia
417. Association des Universitaires pour le Respect du Droit International en Palestine – AURDIP, France
418. Indian Association of Lawyers, India
419. Kalamazoo Nonviolent Opponents of War, Michigan
420. KATARUNGAN, Philippines
421. Progressive Lawyers‘ Association (ÇHD), Turkey
422. Pax Christi Florida – The Catholic Peace Movement, Florida
423. The Global Alliance for Ministries and Infrastructures for Peace, Latin American & the Caribbean
424. Women‘s Collective Ireland – Limerick
425. Landworkers Alliance, UK
426. Together for Safety, Ireland
427. BIZILUR Elkartea, Basque Country
428. Pax Christi Metro New York, Inc.
429. Ceasefire Now NJ
430. East Brunswick for Ceasefire, USA
431. World March of Women
432. School Sisters of Notre Dame, Italy
433. Campaign Against Gaza Genocide, Jordan
434. Pax Christi Flanders, Belgium
435. PALESTINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN, Cape Town
436. Peace Action New York State, USA
437. Catholic Diocese of Lexington/ Pax Christi USA
438. The Palestinian Institute for Climate Strategy
439. Peace, Justice, Sustainability, NOW!, Pennsylvania
440. MAZLUMDER – The Association for Human Rights and Solidarity for the Oppressed, Turkey
441. Ina autra senda – Swiss Friends of Combatants for Peace, Switzerland
442. Mennonite Church Canada Palestine-Israel Network, CANADA
443. Movimento pelos Direitos do Povo Palestino e pela Paz no Médio Oriente – MPPM, Portugal
444. Sustainable Common Security, Canada
445. Solaris, Iceland
446. South Africa Palestine Movement, South Africa
447. STOP the War Coalition Philippines, The Philippines
448. CJPME – Edmonton, Alberta
449. Denman Island Peace Group, Canada
450. Chicago Area Peace Action, United States
451. Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition
452. Oxfam Brasil, Brasil
453. Palestine Solidarity Nepal Coordination Committee
454. Jewish Voice for Peace, Los Angeles
455. Pax Christi Illinois, USA
456. Jewish Voice for Peace, Tacoma, USA
457. Pax Christi Southern California, USA
458. Women Concerns Center, Kenya
459. Pax Christi USA, United States
460. BDS Namibia
461. CUNY for Palestine, New York
462. Health Poverty Action (HPA), UK
463. Apremavi, Brasil
464. Collectif urgence Palestine, Geneva
465. Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA), USA
466. Egyptian Foundation for Environmental Rights, Egypt
467. Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine at Pitt, United States of America
468. Collectif Judéo Arabe et Citoyen pour la Palestine, France Human Rights Awareness Center, Nepal
469. Kentucky Health Justice Network, Kentucky
470. Association Swiss Palestine, Switzerland
471. Junts Associació Catalana de Jueus i Palestins, Spain
472. Indigenous Peoples Rights International Philippines
473. Zusammenarbeitsausschuss der Friedensbewegung Schleswig-Holstein (ZAA), German Peace Movement
474. Stichting Kifaia, The Netherlands
475. Peace Action WI, Milwaukee, WI
476. Delawareans for Palestinian Human Rights
477. Movimiento Unificado Francisco Sánchez 1932 *MUFRAS – 32*, El Salvador
478. Canada Stand Up for Palestinian Children‘s Rights, Canada
479. The Peace Movement of Orust The island of Orust, Sweden
480. Otros Mundos Chiapas, México
481. Imaflora, Brazil
482. Canadian Peace Initiative, Canada
483. BC Physicians Against Genocide, Canada
484. Peace Action of San Mateo County San Mateo County
485. Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, US Section (WILPF US).
486. Newcastle Mums for Palestine, Australia
487. GongGam Human Rights Law Foundation, South Korea
488. Catholics for Peace and Justice in the Holy Land (CPJHL), Canada
489. Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact, Thailand
490. Muslim youth WA, Australia
491. Adalah Justice Project, United States
492. National Amnesty Refugee Network, Australia
493. Amnesty Newcastle and Central Coast, NSW Australia
494. Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), Egypt
495. Action Contre l‘Impunité pour les Droits Humains (ACIDH), DRC
496. Finland Yearly Meeting Quakers, Finland
497. Fundación Mundubat, Spain
498. Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum, Pakistan
499. Femmes Plurielles, France
500. Observatori DESCA (ESCER Observatory), Spain
501. Kisumu Social Rights Association (KISORA), Kenya
502. Palestine Partners Org, USA
503. Forum Palestine Citoyenneté (Palestine Citizenship Forum), France
504. Centre for Human Rights and Development, Mongolia
505. Confédération Paysanne, France
506. Participation and the Practice of Rights, Northern Ireland
507. Association tunisienne des femmes démocrates, Tunis
508. BDS Switzerland, Switzerland
509. Religiosas del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Mexico
510. Beit Atfal as-Smoud, Lebanon
511. Women‘s Legal Centre, South Africa
512. Habitat International Coalition – Global mandate
513. Stockholms Fredsforening Stockholm, Sweden
514. Economic and Social Rights Centre (Hakijamii), Kenya
515. Sabeel-Kairos, UK
516. Amos Trust, UK
517. Youth and Environment Europe (YEE), Prague
518. College for International Co-operation and Development, England
519. Forum Tunisien pour les Droits Economiques et Sociaux, Tunis
520. Les Écologistes, France
521. MIJARC AFRICA
522. Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, Germany
523. CÉDÉTIM, France
524. Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, UK
525. VILUTHU, Sri Lanka
526. Archaeologists Against Apartheid
527. Isha L‘Isha – Haifa Feminist Center, Haifa
528. Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), Egypt
529. Resource Environmental Center Albania
530. Western New York Peace Center, NY
531. WISE Nederland, Netherlands
532. Shifting Advocacy, Germany
533. Unitarian Universalist Peace Ministry Network, USA
534. Student Union of the University of Helsinki (HYY) Helsinki, Finland
535. Palestinian Feminist Collective, North America
536. Clínica Jurídica de Migrantes y Refugiados UDP, Chile
537. Comité pour les droits humains en Amerique Latine, Canada
538. Justiça Global, Brasil
539. World‘s Youth for Climate Justice, Netherlands
540. Associazione A Sud, Italy
541. Asociación Nacional de Agricultores Pequeños, CUBA
542. INNATE, Irish Network for Nonviolent Action Training and Education, Ireland
543. Instituto Latinoamericano para una Sociedad y un Derecho Alternativos – ILSA, Colombia
544. Global with administrative address in Toronto, Canada
545. Editrice Circolare Società Cooperativa, Italy
546. Umanotera, The Slovenian Foundation for Sustainable Development, Slovenia
547. Egyptian Human Rights Forum, France
548. The Legal Resources Centre, South Africa
549. Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE), Egypt
550. MARUF-CT Muslim Advocacy for Rights, Unity, and Fairness Connecticut, USA
551. European Jews for Palestine, EU
552. Electra Energy, Greece
553. Jersey Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Channel Islands
554. Corvallis Palestine Solidarity, USA
555. The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) – USA Carole Diane Coaching, UK
556. Global Campaign to Reclaim Peoples‘ Sovereignty, Dismantle Corporate Power, and Stop Impunity
557. Boston May Day Coalition, Boston
558. Pax Christi Metro New York
559. NATIONAL UNION OF DOMESTIC EMPLOYEES, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
560. Global Women‘s Strike, London
561. Catholic Peace Ministry, Des Moines, IA
562. Participation and the Practice of Rights, Northern Ireland
563. Accountability Counsel
564. CNCD-11.11.11, Belgium
565. Noura.NL, Amsterdam
566. SWISSAID, Schweizerische Stiftung für Entwicklungszusammenarbeit Bern, Switzerland
567. European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights
568. International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network
569. Hamburger Forum für Völkerverständigung und weltweite Abrüstung e. V., Germany
570. Ambiente Desarrollo y Capacitacion (ADC), Honduras
571. Association féministe Apel-Egalite, France
572. Center for Climate Change North Macedonia
573. Bruxelles Panthères, Belgium
574. Mouvement Citoyen Palestine, Belgium
575. Support for Women in Agriculture and Environment (SWAGEN), Uganda
576. Totah Law, California
577. Justiça Global, Brazil
578. Human Rights Awareness Center, Nepal
579. The Asociación para el Desarrollo Integral de las Víctimas de la Violencia (ADIVIMA), Guatemala
580. Cleveland Peace Action, USA
581. Global Women Against Deportations, England
582. All African Women‘s Group, England
583. Kenya Human Rights Commission, Kenya
584. Brent & Harrow PSC, UK
585. West Wales Friends of Palestine, UK
586. Ujasiri Human Rights, France
587. Ciudadanos israelíes en España por sanciones contra Israel, Spain
588. East Berkshire PSC, East Berkshire
589. Fsu et ldh, France
590. Fédération syndicale unitaire, France
591. Women on Web, Canada
592. KAIROS Halifax, Nova Scotia
593. Peace and Justice Alliance (PJA), Canada
594. Independent Jewish Voices, Canada
595. Rising Tide, Australia
596. Consejo Cívico de Organizaciones Populares e Indígenas de Honduras (COPINH), Honduras
597. Merz Institute, New Zealand
598. International Analog Forestry Network, Costa Rica
599. Economic Policy Research Institute, Cape Town
600. Jewish Council of Australia, Australia
601. Mennonite Church Manitoba Palestine Israel Network, Canada
602. Anti-Jindal & Anti-POSCO Movement (JPPSS), India
603. Kenya na Palestine [Kenya Palestine Solidarity Movement], Kenya
604. Comite de Solidaridad con Palestina Medellin, COLOMBIA
605. Frères des Hommes Tours
606. PSA for Palestine
607. Independent Jewish Voices-Toronto & York Region
608. Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD), Thailand
609. Global Development for Palestine
610. International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Sri Lanka
611. Feminist League, Kazakhstan
612. Focus Association for Sustainable Development, Slovenia
613. Comité Palestine 81, France
614. Italian Climate Network, Italy
615. MINBYUN – Lawyers for a Democratic Society, Republic of Korea
616. Liberal Democrat Friends of Palestin, UK
617. BDS País Valencià, Spain
618. Lok Shakti Abhiyan, India
619. La Via Campesina, France
620. International Women‘s Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific (IWRAW AP), Malaysia
621. Linear Lines – MENA, Lebanon
622. Justiça Ambiental JA!, Mozambique
623. A 11 – Initiative for Economic and Social Rights, Serbia
624. Friends of the Earth Sweden
625. Carbon Market Watch Brussels, Belgium
626. Focus, Association for Sustainable Development, Slovenia
627. Tadhamon Singers, UK
628. MenaFem Movement for Economic Development and Ecological Justice
629. Women of Colour Global Women‘s Strike, UK
630. Brot & Rosen. Diakonische Basisgemeinschaft, Germany
631. El Nadim Center For Management & Rehabilitation of victims of violence, Egypt
632. Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms, Egypt
633. Sinai Foundation for Human Rights (SFHR), UK
634. International Volunteers for Peace Australia, Australia
635. Center for Economic Social Cultural Rights in Africa (CESCRA), Uganda
636. Child Helpline International, Netherlands
637. Alofa Tuvalu, France
638. FIAN Norge, Norway
639. Union des progressistes juifs de Belgique (UPJB), Belgium
640. CairoGaza (formerly Global Conscience Convoy), Egypt
641. Movimiento Unificado Francisco Sánchez 1932 (MUFRAS-32), El Salvador
642. Teachers and School Staff for Palestine WA, Australia
643. Campaign Against Misrepresentation in Public Affairs, UK
644. Unitarian Universalist Association, Boston
645. FIAN Belgium, Belgium
646. Ecotrópica – Fundação de Apoio à Vida nos Trópicos, Brazil
647. Architecture Traditionnelle, Luxembourg
648. Donne in Nero – Rovereto, Italy
649. Campaign for Ingternational Cooperation and Disarmament (CICD), Australia
650. Humundi, Belgium
651. Chalana Esperança, Brazil
652. PAH (Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca), Spain
653. Friends of the Earth Europe, Belgium
654. Action Against War (Cork), Ireland
655. Plateforme des Organisations Haitiennes des Droits Humains-POHDH, Haiti
656. Clare Solidarity Network, Ireland
657. Health of Mother Earth Foundation, Nigeria
658. NATIONAL COORDINATION OF FARMERS ORGANIZATIONS, MALI
659. CPPI Saint-Denis |Collectif Paix Palestine Israël], FRANCE
660. Jewish Call for Peace, Luxembourg
661. Extinction Rebellion London, London
662. Lex Innocentium, 21st Century, Ireland
663. Consejo de Pueblo Maya/CPO, Guatemala
664. Convergence Global des Luttes pour la Terre et l‘Eau en Afrique de l‘Ouest (CGLTE-OA)
665. Convergence malienne contre l’accaparement des terres (CMAT)
666. Entertainment Labor for Palestine, USA
667. WOIYO KONDEYE „Women‘s Reflection and Support Space“, Mali
668. Forum Tunisien pour les Droits Economiques et Sociaux (FTDES), Tunisie
669. Fahamu Africa, Sénégal
670. SWAN (Southern Women’s Aid Network), London
671. Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS), Argentina
672. Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), UK
673. Mothers Rebellion, UK
674. Phil Berrigan Memorial Chapter Veterans For Peace, USA
675. Veterans For Peace – Chapter 180 Fresno
676. Youth and Environment Europe (YEE), Czech Republic
677. Port Shepstone Islamic Welfare Trust, South Africa
678. Plataforma contra la privatización de Canal de Isabel II, Spain
679. Socal Friends of the World Social Forum, USA
680. Veterans For Peace, USA
681. Orange County Equality Coalition, California
682. Alliance for Global Justice, USA
683. RVNPC – Rede Vozes Negras pelo Clima, Brasil
684. The Groundwork Trust, South Africa
685. Baltimore Nonviolence Center, Maryland
686. US Campaign for Palestinian Rights Action (USCPR Action), USA
687. International Solidarity for Academic Freedom in India
688. Jewish Voice for Peace – South Bay California
689. Humanitarian and Development Research Initiative (HADRI), Australia
690. Refresh West Limited Bristol, UK
691. Friends of the Earth International
692. FEPAD Burundi – „Femmes Engagées à consolider la Paix et l‘Assainissement
pour le Développement durable“, Burundi
693. York Palestine Assembly
694. Sheffield Palestine Cultural Exchange, UK
695. Reclaim Finance
696. Irish Council for Civil Liberties, Ireland
697. Million Rural Women and Landless, Tunisia
698. NOAH – Friends of the Earth Denmark, Denmark
699. XR psychologists, UK
700. Legambiente, Italy
701. Alhudood, UK
702. Mental Health and Human Rights Info, Norway
703. Les Amis de la Terre-Togo, Togo
704. Italian Democratic Jurists, Italy
705. Community Women Against Abuse, UK
706. Amigas de la Tierra España/ Friends of the Earth Spain
707. Madrid Solidaria con Palestina
708. PAiZanas, Colombia
709. Palestine Trauma Centre, UK
710. Mothers Manifesto, UK
711. Uma Gota no Oceano, Brazil
712. GAIA Kosovo, Kosovo
713. Broederlijk Delen, Belgium
714. Asociación Española de Investigación para la Paz (AIPAZ), Spain
715. Temwa, UK
716. Preston Muslim Forum, UK
717. Comité de Unidad Campesina CUC
718. Escola de Cultura de Pau (School for a Culture of Peace), Spain
719. WILPF España, Spain
720. Researchers for Palestine, Finland
721. A Growing Culture, USA
722. Chico Peace Alliance, CA
723. Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East, USA
724. A Sud Ecologia e Cooperazione Aps, Italy
725. British Society for Middle Eastern Studies, UK
726. Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute MAS, Palestine
727. Les Amis de la Terre – Belgique asbl, Belgium
728. Preston Independents, UK
729. Amigos de la Tierra América Latina y el Caribe (ATALC)
730. Canada Boat Gaza, Canada
731. Face-to-Face: Jewish-Palestinian Reparations Alliance, US
732. Gernika Gogoratuz. Peace Research Center, Basque Country Spain
733. Just Peace Working Group, The United Church of Canada, Canada and Bermuda
734. de:criminalize e.V., Germany
735. groundWork, South Africa
736. Women Engage for a Common Future (WECF) – France
737. Kouraj Pou Pwoteje Dwa Moun, Haiti
738. Amigos de la Tierra Argentina / Tierra Nativa, Argentina
739. FIAN Switzerland for the Right to Food, Switzerland
740. MOUVEMENT PAYSANS ACUL-DU-NORD(MPA), Haiti
741. Nurses for Palestine, UK
742. COECOceiba ATI Costa Rica, Costa Rica
743. Nisaba, UK
744. Red Agua Publica, Spain
745. Rede de Agroecologia do Maranhão-RAMA, Brasil
746. IUCC Advocates for Peace and Justice, Irvine, CA
747. Iuventa-crew, Berlin
748. Aberdeen Healthcare Workers for Peace, Scotland
749. Friends of the Earth Mexico, Mexico
750. Agroecology Research-Action Collective, USA
751. Seattle Anti-War Coalition, USA
752. Attac, France
753. Centre for Environmental Justice, Sri Lanka
754. Jai Jagat Genève, Geneva
755. Green Scenery, Sierra Leone
756. Peace movement West Austria, Austria
757. Artistree Community Arts Center, Vermont, USA
758. Panteras Rosa Organization, Portugal
759. Good Health Community Programmes, Kenya
760. Law and Society Trust, Sri Lanka
(May 19, 2025)
Palestinian civil society, joined by humanitarian and human rights organizations worldwide, issues this urgent and unified call: The manufactured famine in Gaza must be halted. The international community must act decisively, immediately, and with full moral and legal responsibility.
We are witnessing, in real time, the deliberate starvation of a civilian population as a method of warfare. Over two million Palestinians in Gaza are living in famine. Since March 2, 2025, Israel has blocked all humanitarian supplies and life-saving assistance – constituting the longest total siege Gaza has ever experienced.
Five trucks carrying baby food and other desperately needed aid entered the territory of over 2 million Palestinians via the Kerem Shalom crossing, according to the Israeli defense body in charge of coordinating aid to Gaza, COGAT.
Walking together, opening roads to life for Gaza.
March to Gaza – Dimanche 18 Mai 2025 à partir de 15h en direct sur les médias libres et indépendants.
Une émission pour March to Gaza en collaboration avec le collectif Médias pour Gaza : TV-ADP, Nexus, Le Média en 442, Réseau International, E&R, Kairos, JSF-TV, TNT-TV, AgoraTV, GPTV, Profession Gendarme, Alliance Humaine, Tribune Libre, Media Contre7, les 7 du Québec, Nicolas Bouvier, CrowdBunker et VK.
Invités : 80 personnalités de la société civile
Thème : Comment mettre un terme aux carnages et au génocide et rétablir la paix.
VICTOIRE PARTIELLE, DÉTERMINATION TOTALE
MALTA | May 15, 2025 – In the face of state terrorism, media silence, and mounting global complicity, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) today announces that its mission to break the illegal Israeli blockade of Gaza will move forward, undeterred. We are preparing our next vessel, Madleen, named in 2014 after Gaza’s only fisherwoman at the time; a symbol of resistance and resilience, to sail in May to Gaza, carrying our solidarity with Palestinians and our cargo of hope.
„Europe is not doing enough, nothing to stop the massacre,“ Cecilia Strada, an Italian member of the European parliament, told AFP.
The group — including 11 members of the Italian parliament, three MEPs and representatives of NGOs — held signs reading „Stop genocide now“, „End illegal occupation“ and „Stop arming Israel“.
„There should be a complete embargo on weapons to and from Israel and a stop to trade with illegal settlements,“ Strada said.
(21 hours ago)
Members of the Italian Parliament, EU representatives, activists, and journalists protested at Egypt’s Rafah border on May 18, condemning the war and Israel’s blockade of aid to Gaza. Holding a banner demanding an end to complicity, they called on Italian and European leaders to pressure Israel to allow humanitarian aid into the besieged territory. The group, including former Italian Lower House speaker Laura Boldrini, warned that silence equals complicity and expressed readiness to escort aid into Gaza. Meanwhile, Italy’s Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani urged Israel to halt its military offensive to spare Palestinian civilians from further suffering.
Some 170,000 metric tons of aid, including food, sits in trucks a few miles away, just inside Israel.
Nutritionist Rana Soboh says she has been pushed to her wits’ end after seeing two extreme malnutrition cases in Gaza, which is on the brink of famine due to Israel’s aid blockade.
The first was a woman who was rushed to an emergency room after fainting while she breastfed her newborn, who had not eaten for days, the humanitarian worker with MedGlobal told the Associated Press news agency.
(May 12, 2025)
„Silence in the face of this manmade starvation is complicity. Oxfam urges governments to demand an immediate and permanent ceasefire; the release of hostages and unlawfully detained prisoners; an end to the siege; unimpeded humanitarian access; and accountability for Israel‘s use of starvation as a weapon of war.“
(today)
Jordanian authorities have blocked access to Middle East Eye‘s website, days after it published an investigation alleging that the Hashemite Kingdom had charged exorbitant fees while overseeing the delivery of international aid into Gaza.
(May 8, 2025)
Sources say the Jordan Hashemite Charity Organization (JHCO), an official body overseeing humanitarian aid into Gaza, has coordinated with Israeli authorities to act as the sole conduit for aid passing through Jordan.
MEE spoke with sources from international aid organisations and people with direct knowledge of the JHCO’s operations.
One source said much of the aid attributed to the JHCO in fact originates from foreign governments and NGOs, both Jordanian and international, while direct contributions from the Jordanian state are negligible.
Jordanian authorities have demanded $2,200 for every aid truck entering Gaza, according to two NGO sources and two others familiar with the scheme.
The fee, aid organisations were told by the JHCO, is paid directly to the Jordanian Armed Forces.
In addition, Jordan has charged between $200,000 and $400,000 per airdrop over Gaza, the sources said.
Initial reports said Cyprus received an SOS distress signal and sent a ship to help extinguish a fire which had resulted on board.
The defence ministry in Cyprus clarified that the ship was aided by a Limassol-based vessel, sailing under a Liberian flag, which happened to be in the area and responded to the SOS as per international maritime requirements.
The Maltese government has disputed claims that it did not offer assistance to the Conscience, insisting that a tugboat with firefighting equipment was on site within minutes.
In a statement on Friday morning, the government released a timeline of events, including a photo of the tugboat spraying water onto the humanitarian ship.
The Conscience, which has remained anchored just outside territorial waters, is being monitored by the authorities.
The timeline provided by the government being reproduced below contradicts the claim that the humanitarian vessel received no assistance:
00:20am (local time): Malta Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) received a Mayday call from the passenger vessel Conscience, reporting a fire on the bow while outside territorial waters. The vessel had 12 crew members on board and 4 civilian passengers; no casualties were reported. The crew confirmed the fire was not under control and requested immediate assistance.
00:21am: A nearby tug located approximately one nautical mile away contacted Malta VTS, confirmed it was equipped with firefighting capabilities and offered immediate support. The tug arrived on scene and began firefighting operations.
1:28am: The fire was reported under control. An Armed Forces of Malta patrol vessel was also dispatched to provide further assistance.
2:13am: All crew were confirmed safe but refused to board the tug. Assistance was provided to support interior firefighting efforts.
3:45am: The vessel and its crew were secure.
Times of Malta is informed that the fire was put out in the early hours on Friday, and an Armed Forces of Malta patrol boat was dispatched to the location of the vessel.
Hours after the fire was put out, Flotilla and activists supporting the campaign were still urging the Maltese authorities to rescue the people aboard.
However, the Maltese government told the media that the people on board had refused to board a tug vessel that had put out the fire following contact with the Malta Vessel Traffic Services.
Prime Minister
Robert Abela
Address
Office of the Prime Minister
Auberge de Castille
Valletta VLT 106
robert.abela@gov.mt
Tel
2200 2400
Secretariat
Head of Secretariat
Mark Mallia
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Tel
2200 2400
Head of Communications
Edward Montebello
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Tel
2200 2400
Head of Government Customer Care Unit
Owen Grech
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Tel
2200 2495
Principal Permanent Secretary
Tony Sultana
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Office of the Prime Minister
Auberge de Castille
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pps@gov.mt
Tel
2200 1489
Secretariat
Head of Secretariat
Clive Farrugia
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Tel
2200 1489
Personal Assistant for the Principal Permanent Secretary
Gillian Micallef
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Tel
2200 1489
Cabinet Office
Address
Office of the Prime Minister
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Valletta VLT 106
Secretary to the Cabinet
Ryan Spagnol
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Tel
2200 1422
Director General
Philip Massa
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Tel
2200 1285
Internal Audit and Investigation
Address
Triq Sa Maison
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Director General (Internal Audit and Investigation)
Kevin Agius
kevin.f.agius@gov.mt
Tel
2200 5936
Director (Financial Investigations)
Kevin Calleja
kevin.calleja@gov.mt
Tel
2200 5936
Director (Audit and Risk Management)
Kurt Azzopardi
kurt.azzopardi@gov.mt
Tel
2200 5951
Director (EU Funds Audits)
Mariel Farrugia
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Tel
2200 5921
Director (EU Funds)
Annalise Mamo
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Tel
2200 59218
Support Services Division (SSD)
Address
Office of the Prime Minister
Auberge de Castille
Valletta VLT 106
Director General (Support Services)
John Abela
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Tel
2200 1014
Director (Finance & Administration) Support Services Division
Jessica Abela
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Tel
2200 1073
Director (Policy Development and Programme Implementation), Support Services Division
Claudine Sciberras
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Tel
2200 1844
Director (Operations)
Neil Spiteri
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Tel
2200 1787
Information Management Unit
Address
13, St Paul’s Street
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Chief Information Officer
Joseph Tedesco
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Tel
2200 5357
Department of Information
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3, Castille Place
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Director (Information)
Roderick Caruana
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2200 1729
Government Printing Press
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Director General (Printing Press)
Osvaldo Pace
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Tel
2200 1367
Coordination and Implementation Division
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55A Zachary Street
Valletta
Director General (Coordination and Implementation)
Oreste Cassar
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Director (Inspections Coordination Office)
Mary Anne Schembri
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2200 1409
Director (Governance Action)
Jacqueline Bonnici
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2200 1408
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Aaron Abdilla
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Carlo Apap Bologna
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2200 1908
Permanent Secretary (People & Standards), OPM
Joyce Cassar
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3, Castille Place
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2200 1317
Head (Industrial Relations Unit), People & Standards Division
Thomas Woods
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Tel
2200 1038
Director General (Quality of Service), People & Standards Division
Joseph Bugeja
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2200 1833
Director (People Resourcing and Compliance), People & Standards Division
Leo Bonnici
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2200 1316
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Charmaine Busato
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2200 1202
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Institute for the Public Services
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Joanna Genovese
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2200 1875
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Electoral Office
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John Galea
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Tel
2558 3121
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Jeffrey Ellul
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Joseph Fenech
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2558 3103
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James Handyside
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The Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre in Rome advised that a tugboat has been sent out and is on the scene. Our communications with the vessel were destroyed in the attack and we are unable to confirm this. Under international maritime law and conventions Malta is obliged to act and ensure the safety of a civilian ship in distress within its proximity. The lack of response and information about the rescue efforts breaches international customary law.
„At 00:23 Maltese time, the Conscience, a Freedom Flotilla Coalition ship came under direct attack in international waters,“ the group said in a statement.
„Armed drones attacked the front of an unarmed civilian vessel twice, causing a fire and a substantial breach in the hull,“ it added, blaming Israel.
„Israeli ambassadors must be summoned and answer to violations of international law, including the ongoing blockade and the bombing of our civilian vessel in international waters.“
(April 23, 2025)
For nearly two months, Israel has deliberately and openly prevented the entry of any humanitarian aid including food, water, fuel, and medical equipment into the Gaza Strip. For more than a year, four Israeli human rights organizations, Gisha, Physicians for Human Rights, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel and HaMoked: Center for the Defense of the Individual have led a principled legal petition in the High Court, demanding that Israel meet its legal obligations under Israeli and international law to ensure unfettered and immediate aid access to the civilian population in the Gaza Strip.
While the petition was still under deliberation, Israel announced the closure of all crossings into Gaza imposing a complete blockade since March 2. The state did not even claim that this extreme measure was related to military needs but admitted that it was a “political security” decision.
On March 27, the High Court rejected the petition, displaying disregard for the implications of this latest state policy on the fragile humanitarian situation in Gaza. Nearly everything is scarce in the Strip: since March 18, Israel has bombarded continuously via land, air, and sea, causing thousands of deaths and injuries; issued displacement orders that forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee; and as mentioned above, blocked all entry of goods and equipment to the strip for nearly two months.
Last week, the human rights organizations sent an urgent request demanding the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Defense Minister Israel Katz, open Gaza’s crossings immediately and enable consistent and unfettered aid supply and access.
“I had the honor and privilege to meet with senior officials of the Republican Party at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate,” Ben Gvir wrote on X.
“They expressed support for my very clear position on how to act in Gaza and that the food and aid warehouses should be bombed in order to create military and political pressure to bring our hostages home safely,” the minister added.
The President of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS), Dr. Younis Al-Khatib told reporters in New York that he had presented audiovisual evidence and had urged the Security Council “to support the call for an independent and thorough investigation” following the discovery of the bodies of eight missing medics from the PRCS in a mass grave in Gaza.
According to the he International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) an emergency medical team of nine disappeared along with their ambulances after they came under heavy fire in Al-Hashashin on 23 March. After seven days, the bodies of ambulance officers Mostafa Khufaga, Saleh Muamer and Ezzedine Shaath and first responder volunteers Mohammad Bahloul, Mohammed Al-Heila, Ashraf Abu Labda, Raed Al Sharif and Rifatt Radwan were retrieved. Ambulance officer Assad Al-Nassasra is still missing.
The cold-blooded killing of 15 Red Crescent and civil defence first responders has elicited no condemnation from major powers. This is the age of lawlessness
(…)
Israeli anti-Zionist commentator Alon Mizrahi posted on X this week:
„As Israel and the US announce and begin to enact plans to ethnically cleanse Gaza of Palestinians, let‘s remember that the International Court of Justice has not even convened to discuss the genocide since 24 May 2024, when it was using very blurry language about the planned Rafah action….
Geneva, 30 March 2025: The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is outraged at the deaths of eight medics from Palestine Red Crescent Society, killed on duty in Gaza.
An emergency medical team of nine disappeared along with their ambulances when they came under heavy fire in Al-Hashashin on 23 March. After seven days of silence and having access denied to the area of Rafah where they were last seen, the bodies of ambulance officers Mostafa Khufaga, Saleh Muamer and Ezzedine Shaath and first responder volunteers Mohammad Bahloul, Mohammed Al-Heila, Ashraf Abu Labda, Raed Al Sharif and Rifatt Radwan were retrieved today (30 March). Ambulance officer Assad Al-Nassasra is still missing.
At least 14 bodies have been recovered in southern Gaza, including the bodies of eight medics, a week after Israeli soldiers fired at ambulances.
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said the bodies were retrieved after „seven days of silence“ and of having access denied to the area of Rafah where they were last seen. The medics were found along with those of six members of Gaza‘s civil defense agency and one U.N. agency employee, the Palestine Red Crescent Society said in a statement posted to X on Sunday.
(March 28, 2025)