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25.11.2025 - 21:31 [ Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) ]

UN experts urge States to act as Israeli violations threaten fragile Gaza ceasefire

The experts urged Member States to act decisively to end the pattern of systematic violations of international law and suffering in occupied Palestine and restore international peace and security.

They called for the following urgent measures:

– Guaranteeing safe humanitarian access through UN-supervised land and naval corridors, including temporary housing before winter;
– Opening humanitarian corridors toward the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Israel for the wounded, sick, older persons, persons with disabilities, pregnant women, and children;
– Imposing sanctions on Israel for continued violations of international law and illegal occupation;
– A comprehensive arms embargo on Israel;
– Full and free access to international media to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including throughout Gaza.
– Ensuring that independent, international investigations are conducted into serious violations of international law, including the killing of civilians in the Gaza Strip, and that prosecutions are initiated under universal jurisdiction;
– Considering a UN-led international intervention if attacks persist and the humanitarian situation deteriorates further.

*The experts:

– Francesca Albanese: Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967;

– George Katrougalos, Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order

– Ashwini K.P., Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance

– Olivier De Schutter: Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights

– Morris Tidball-Binz, Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions

– Ben Saul, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism

– Irene Khan, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression

– Paula Gaviria, Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons

– Tlaleng Mofokeng, UN Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health

– Heba Hagrass, Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities

– Farida Shaheed, Special Rapporteur on the right to education

– Michael Fakhri, Special Rapporteur on the right to food

– Pedro Arrojo Agudo, Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation

– Gina Romero, Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association

– Siobhán Mullally, the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children

– Reem Alsalem, Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences

– Nicolas Levrat, Special Rapporteur on minority issues

– Michelle Small (Chair-Rapporteur), Ravindran Daniel, Jovana Jezdimirovic Ranito, Joana de Deus Pereira, Andrés Macías Tolosa, Working Group on the use of mercenaries

– Carlos Duarte (Chair), Working Group on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas

– Ivana Krstić (Vice-Chair), Dorothy Estrada Tanck, Haina Lu, and Laura Nyirinkindi, Working Group on discrimination against women and girls

16.11.2025 - 13:50 [ Wafa.ps ]

Presidency calls for urgent international pressure on Israel to allow aid into Gaza

RAMALLAH, November 15, 2025 (WAFA) – The Palestinian Presidency has appealed to the international community, particularly the U.S. administration and the guarantor states of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, to pressure Israel to expedite the entry of mobile houses and tents into the Gaza Strip.

This request comes in response to the severe weather conditions currently threatening the lives of Gaza‘s residents. The remaining tents in Gaza are old, torn, and inadequate, failing to prevent rain from entering and offering little protection to civilians.

22.10.2025 - 21:09 [ International Court of Justice ]

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 THEOCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY

223. For these reasons,

THE COURT ,

(1) Unanimously,
Finds that it has jurisdiction to give the advisory opinion requested;

(2) Unanimously,
Decides to comply with the request for an advisory opinion;

(3) Is of the opinion that the State of Israel, as an occupying Power, is required to fulfil its obligations under international humanitarian law. These obligations include the following:

(a) Unanimously,
to ensure that the population of the Occupied Palestinian Territory has the essential supplies of daily life, including food, water, clothing, bedding, shelter, fuel, medical supplies and services;

(b) By ten votes to one,
to agree to and facilitate by all means at its disposal relief schemes on behalf of the population of the Occupied Palestinian Territory so long as that population is inadequately supplied, as has been the case in the Gaza Strip, including relief provided by the United Nations and its entities, in particular the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, other international organizations and third States, and not to impede such relief;
IN FAVOUR: President Iwasawa; Judges Tomka, Abraham, Xue, Nolte, Charlesworth, Brant,
Gómez Robledo, Cleveland, Tladi;
AGAINST: Vice-President Sebutinde;

(c) Unanimously,
to respect and protect all relief and medical personnel and facilities;

(d) Unanimously,
to respect the prohibition on forcible transfer and deportation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory;

(e) Unanimously,
to respect the right of protected persons from the Occupied Palestinian Territory who are detained by the State of Israel to be visited by the International Committee of the Red Cross; and

(f) Unanimously,
to respect the prohibition on the use of starvation of civilians as a method of warfare;

(4) By ten votes to one,
Is of the opinion that, as an occupying Power, the State of Israel has an obligation under
international human rights law to respect, protect and fulfil the human rights of the population of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including through the presence and activities of the United Nations, other international organizations and third States, in and in relation to the Occupied Palestinian Territory;
IN FAVOUR: President Iwasawa; Judges Tomka, Abraham, Xue, Nolte, Charlesworth, Brant,
Gómez Robledo, Cleveland, Tladi;
AGAINST: Vice-President Sebutinde;

(5) By ten votes to one,
Is of the opinion that the State of Israel has an obligation to co-operate in good faith with the United Nations by providing every assistance in any action it takes in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, including the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, in and in relation to the Occupied Palestinian Territory;
IN FAVOUR: President Iwasawa; Judges Tomka, Abraham, Xue, Nolte, Charlesworth, Brant,
Gómez Robledo, Cleveland, Tladi;
AGAINST: Vice-President Sebutinde;

(6) By ten votes to one,
Is of the opinion that the State of Israel has an obligation under Article 105 of the Charter of the United Nations to ensure full respect for the privileges and immunities accorded to the United Nations, including its agencies and bodies, and its officials, in and in relation to the Occupied Palestinian Territory;

IN FAVOUR: President Iwasawa; Judges Tomka, Abraham, Xue, Nolte, Charlesworth, Brant,
Gómez Robledo, Cleveland, Tladi;
AGAINST: Vice-President Sebutinde;

(7) By ten votes to one,
Is of the opinion that the State of Israel has an obligation under Article II of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations to ensure full respect for the inviolability of the premises of the United Nations, including those of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, and for the immunity of the property and assets of the Organization from any form of interference;
IN FAVOUR: President Iwasawa; Judges Tomka, Abraham, Xue, Nolte, Charlesworth, Brant,
Gómez Robledo, Cleveland, Tladi;
AGAINST: Vice-President Sebutinde;

(8) By ten votes to one,
Is of the opinion that the State of Israel has an obligation under Articles V, VI and VII of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations to ensure full respect for the privileges and immunities accorded to the officials and experts on mission of the United Nations, in and in relation to the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
IN FAVOUR: President Iwasawa; Judges Tomka, Abraham, Xue, Nolte, Charlesworth, Brant,
Gómez Robledo, Cleveland, Tladi;
AGAINST: Vice-President Sebutinde.

22.10.2025 - 21:08 [ United Nations ]

Israel is obliged to let aid flow into Occupied Palestinian Territory, says World Court

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) says that Israel must uphold its responsibilities as the “occupying power” by ensuring aid can flow freely and by respecting the rights of the UN and other humanitarian agencies working in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

18.10.2025 - 20:05 [ Egypt Today ]

Israel says Rafah crossing to remain closed until further notice

The anticipated reopening of the Rafah crossing comes under the terms of US President Donald Trump’s peace plan, which established the ceasefire and a prisoner exchange between Hamas and Israel as part of the first phase.

The plan also led to a surge in humanitarian aid entering to the famine-stricken enclave.

27.09.2025 - 23:26 [ OpinioJuris.org ]

Uniting for Peace in Gaza: A Test for the General Assembly

(September 17, 2025)

On 5 September 2025, a group of 45 United Nations human rights experts, composed of UN Special Rapporteurs, UN independent experts and UN Working Group members, called the UN General Assembly to invoke the Uniting for Peace resolution in order to respond to the escalating famine and genocidal conditions in Gaza. In their joint statement, the experts urged the Assembly to (i) recommend a peace operation, (ii) demand that all crossings into Gaza be opened under UN supervision, (iii) suspend humanitarian mechanisms that had proved dangerous or ineffective, (iv) call upon Mediterranean states to deploy humanitarian naval missions, (v) authorize UN-led humanitarian convoys to supervise all crossings, and (vi) demand a permanent ceasefire alongside the release of detainees and hostages.

18.09.2025 - 08:12 [ OpinioJuris.org ]

Uniting for Peace in Gaza: A Test for the General Assembly

On 5 September 2025, a group of 45 United Nations human rights experts, composed of UN Special Rapporteurs, UN independent experts and UN Working Group members, called the UN General Assembly to invoke the Uniting for Peace resolution in order to respond to the escalating famine and genocidal conditions in Gaza. In their joint statement, the experts urged the Assembly to (i) recommend a peace operation, (ii) demand that all crossings into Gaza be opened under UN supervision, (iii) suspend humanitarian mechanisms that had proved dangerous or ineffective, (iv) call upon Mediterranean states to deploy humanitarian naval missions, (v) authorize UN-led humanitarian convoys to supervise all crossings, and (vi) demand a permanent ceasefire alongside the release of detainees and hostages.

10.09.2025 - 21:47 [ Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) ]

UN experts stand in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla, demand full protection of all passengers

GENEVA – United Nations experts* today urged Israel to cease all threats of harm against the Global Sumud Flotilla and ensure it proceeds unhindered in its mission to deliver humanitarian aid to the civilian population in Gaza.

“Any attempt to block the flotilla would constitute a grave violation of international law and humanitarian principles,” the experts said.

They stressed that the flotilla is a consequence of the failure of the international community to end Israel’s unlawful blockade of Gaza and the catastrophic humanitarian crisis it has produced. “Civil society activists would not be compelled to risk their lives at sea if the General Assembly or Security Council had taken decisive action to ensure safe and unimpeded delivery of humanitarian aid into Gaza,” the experts said.

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*The experts:

– Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967

– Pedro Arrojo Agudo, Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation

– Michael Fakhri, Special Rapporteur on the right to food

– Farida Shaheed, Special Rapporteur on the right to education

– George Katrougalos, Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order

– Paula Gaviria Betancur, Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons

– Heba Hagrass, Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities

– Balakrishnan Rajagopal, Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing

– Bina D‘Costa (Chair), Barbara G. Reynolds, Isabelle Mamadou, Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent

– Nicolas Levrat, Special Rapporteur on minority issues

– Gina Romero, Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association;

– Siobhán Mullally, Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children

– Reem Alsalem, Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences

– Elisa Morgera, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change

– Bina D‘Costa (Chair), Barbara G. Reynolds, Isabelle Mamadou, Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent

– Carlos Duarte (Chair), Shalmali Guttal, Davit Hakobyan (vice-chair), Uche Ofodile (vice chair), Genevieve Savigny, Working Group on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas

– Claudia Flores (Chair), Ivana Krstić (Vice-Chair), Dorothy Estrada Tanck, Haina Lu, and Laura Nyirinkindi, Working group on discrimination against women and girls

– Tlaleng Mofokeng, UN Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health

– Jovana Jezdimirovic Ranito (Chair-Rapporteur), Ravindran Daniel, Michelle Small, Joana de Deus Pereira, Andrés Macías Tolosa, Working Group on the use of mercenaries

– Ashwini K.P. Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance

– Olivier De Schutter, Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights

30.08.2025 - 13:35 [ Centre for European Policy Studies ]

Open Letter Calling for immediate implementation of EU measures against Israel’s unlawful actions in Gaza & the West Bank

(August 26, 2025)

Open Letter co-signed by 209 former EU and Member State Ambassadors and Senior Staff
Issued ahead of informal meeting of Foreign Ministers Gymnich, 29 – 30 Aug 2025

Addressed to:

Heads of State and Government, and Foreign Ministers of the EU 27 Member States

President of the European Council

President of the European Commission

President of European Parliament

High Representative for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy / VP of the Commission

Commissioners for: Mediterranean; Trade; Equality, Preparedness & Crisis Management

Chair, Foreign Affairs Committee (AFET), European Parliament

26.08.2025 - 20:11 [ RTE.ie ]

Open Letter co-signed by 206 former EU and Member State Ambassadors and Senior Staff: Calling for immediate implementation of EU measures against Israel’s unlawful actions in Gaza & the West Bank

We, a group now comprising 206 former EU and Member State ambassadors and senior officials, are writing in furtherance of the nine proposed EU actions that we compiled in our open letter of 28 July, in response to the Israeli government’s unlawful actions in Gaza and the West Bank, following Hamas’ heinous attacks on 7 October 2023. We note with dismay that, in the ensuing four weeks since our letter, no ceasefire has been agreed in Gaza, no Israeli hostages
have been released, and, alarmingly, the Israeli government has begun implementing plans to empty Gaza City and its environs of one million Palestinians, by forcing them into concentration areas in the south, in preparation for possible large-scale deportations to third countries with the risk of fomenting a migration crisis. If this was not bad enough the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) confirmed on 22 August that a man-made famine now exists in these same areas of Gaza, with half a million people there facing starvation, destitution and death. Malnutrition now threatens the lives of 132,000 children under five through June 2026 and by the end of September 2025 it is estimated
that 640,000 people (a third of the population) will face catastrophic levels of food insecurity. Tragically, already over 200 Gazan citizens, including over 60 children, have succumbed to malnutrition-related deaths. Furthermore:

● Estimates suggest that just since our letter of 28 July more than 2,600 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, many of them women and children, with over 12,000 injured;
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26.08.2025 - 20:00 [ RTE.ie ]

Israel‘s attack on Gaza hospital was ‚completely unacceptable‘, EU says

An unprecedented number of former EU and national ambassadors, as well as former senior EU officials, have signed a fresh letter urging the EU to take tougher action against Israel over the worsening humanitarian situation in Gaza.

The joint letter has been signed by 206 former European ambassadors and officials.

That compares to a previous letter sent in July, which had 58 signatures.

21.08.2025 - 19:23 [ Media Freedom Coalition ]

Media Freedom Coalition Statement on Foreign Media Access to Gaza

In light of the unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, we, the undersigned members of the Media Freedom Coalition, urge Israel to allow immediate independent foreign media access and afford protection for journalists operating in Gaza.  

Journalists and media workers play an essential role in putting the spotlight on the devastating reality of war. Access to conflict zones is vital to carrying out this role effectively. We oppose all attempts to restrict press freedom and block entry to journalists during conflicts.    
We also strongly condemn all violence directed against journalists and media workers, especially the extremely high number of fatalities, arrests and detentions. We call on the Israeli authorities and all other parties to make every effort to ensure that media workers in Gaza, Israel, the West Bank and East Jerusalem – local and foreign alike – can conduct their work freely and safely. Deliberate targeting of journalists is unacceptable. International humanitarian law offers protection to civilian journalists during armed conflict. We call for all attacks against media workers to be investigated and for those responsible to be prosecuted in compliance with national and international law. 

We reiterate calls for an immediate ceasefire, the unconditional release of the remaining hostages, unhindered flow of humanitarian aid and for a path towards a two-state solution, long-term peace and security.  

Signed:

Australia
Austria
Belgium
Chile
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
New Zealand
Norway
Portugal
Sierra Leone
Slovakia
Slovenia
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine
the Netherlands
the United Kingdom

18.08.2025 - 20:41 [ Middle East Eye / X ]

Speaking outside the Egyptian embassy in London, Maha Azzam, head of the Egyptian Revolutionary Council, said the Rabaa massacre remains an open wound twelve years later and its legacy is directly tied to what is happening in Gaza today.

(August 17, 2025)

She described Rabaa as a systematic murder of innocent people carried out under the orders of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who she said continues to commit crimes by keeping the Rafah crossing shut and blocking food and medicine from reaching civilians in Gaza.

„Egypt is complicit in Israel’s agenda in Gaza,“ she said, calling on the international community to recognise Sisi’s role in the ongoing starvation and suffering of Palestinians.

16.08.2025 - 10:46 [ Republic of Türkiye / Ministry of Foreign Affairs ]

Joint Statement by the Foreign Ministers of 31 Arab and Islamic Countries and the Secretaries-General of the League of Arab States, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, and the Gulf Cooperation Council, 15 August 2025

In a related context, they reiterate their rejection and condemnation of Israel’s crimes of aggression, genocide, and ethnic cleansing. They reaffirm the need for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, along with ensuring unconditional humanitarian access to end the policy of systematic starvation that Israel is pursuing as a weapon of genocide. This requires the immediate lifting of Israel’s deadly blockade on the Strip, the opening of Israel’s crossings with Gaza, and holding Israel, as the Occupying Power, fully responsible for the consequences of its crimes in the Gaza Strip, including the collapse of the health and relief systems. The Foreign Ministers also reiterate their unequivocal rejection of the displacement of the Palestinian people in any form and under any pretext, and call on the international community to exert pressure on Israel to end its aggression and to fully withdraw from the Gaza Strip, in preparation for enabling the creation of conditions conducive to the implementation of the Arab-Islamic plan for early recovery efforts and the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip.

They reaffirm that the Gaza Strip is an integral part of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and emphasize the need for the State of Palestine to assume governance responsibilities in the Gaza Strip as in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, with Arab and international support, and within the political program of the Palestine Liberation Organization, the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people, and under a single governing authority, a single legal system, and a single legitimate weapon.

In this regard, they call on the international community, especially the permanent members of the Security Council, particularly the United States of America, to shoulder their legal and moral responsibilities and to take immediate action to compel Israel to halt its ongoing aggression against the Gaza Strip and its dangerous escalation in the Occupied West Bank, to stop the illusory and inciting statements made by its officials, and to provide international protection to the Palestinian people. They further call for enabling the Palestinian people to obtain their legitimate rights, foremost among them the right to establish their independent sovereign state on their national soil, and for holding accountable those responsible for crimes and violations against the Palestinian people.

09.08.2025 - 11:56 [ Communist Party of Israel - Maki.org.il ]

Hadash Slams Cabinet Approval of Gaza City Takeover, Protests Nationwide

On Thursday evening, outside the cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, thousands of protesters rallied against the move to expand the occupation The protesters called for a deal to end the war and the release of all the hostages. In Tel-Aviv, police arrested 10 protesters as thousands gathered in front of the Likud headquarters in Tel Aviv and blocked Ayalon Highway to demand a hostage deal and the end of the war. Protest groups said two of the protesters were minors. Demonstrations against war take place across Israel in Herzliya, Haifa, Karkur junction, Hod Hasharon, Rosh HaAyin, Kfar Sava, Beer Sheva, Raanana, Naveh Ilan, Ha’ogen junction, Gome junction, Yesod Hama’ala, Rosh Pina, Beit Hashita, Horfish, Tzemach, Yannai junction and other localities

Around 300 architects and planners have signed on Friday petition titled “Stop the Destruction – Yes to Rebuilding Gaza”. “We express deep shock at the acts of destruction, killing, starvation and mass deportation from cities and civilian areas in the Gaza Strip,” they wrote. “We cannot forget Hamas’ horrific crimes on October 7 – acts of massacre, destruction and the abduction of civilians from border communities. But those atrocities do not justify indiscriminate harming of civilians, women and children or the near-total destruction of the Gaza Strip.”

On Thursday, Israeli cultural organizations issued a statement condemning “attacks on the very idea of free culture” after some 1,000 Israeli artists and authors were criticized for signing a petition called “Stop the Horror in Gaza.” The petition called for an end to the war and the safe return of hostages. It also accused Israel of causing starvation and urged soldiers not to follow illegal orders or commit war crimes. Signed by organizations including the Association of Museums and ICOM Israel, the Israeli Directors’ Guild, and the Israeli Actors’ Association, the statement said, “In recent weeks, we have witnessed a troubling wave of threats and attacks against creators, cultural organizations, and Israeli artworks.”

07.08.2025 - 09:14 [ Euronews.com ]

EU credibility at risk over Israel stance, warns ex-ambassador

(August 6, 2025)

Kühn von Burgsdorff served as EU ambassador to Palestinian occupied territories and the Gaza Strip between January 2020 and July 2023. He was recently a coordinator of a letter sent by 27 former EU ambassadors – and subsequently endorsed by 58 – to heads of governments and EU institutions on July 10, calling for actions against Israel due to the ongoing situations in Gaza and in the West Bank.

07.08.2025 - 09:10 [ EUObserver.eu ]

Open letter from 34 ex-EU ambassadors: ‚Act now against Israel‘

(July 23, 2025)

The world will remember how the EU and its member states respond to this catastrophic tragedy.

Silence and neutrality in the face of genocide constitute complicity. Inaction emboldens perpetrators and betrays every principle the Union and its member states claim to uphold.

While continuing to call unceasingly for the return of the hostages, a permanent ceasefire and the end to the war, the European Union, long a champion of human rights and the rule of law, must act now in the name of international law, humanity, and justice for the Palestinian people — or risk forfeiting its credibility, influence and moral standing in the world.

26.07.2025 - 00:54 [ Médecins Sans Frontières ]

MSF finds one in four young children and pregnant women malnourished at Gaza facilities

The Israeli authorities’ deliberate use of starvation as a weapon in Gaza, Palestine, continues, seeing hunger reach unprecedented levels, with patients and healthcare workers themselves now fighting to survive, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warns.

MSF staff are receiving an increasing number of malnourished patients at our clinics, while they themselves struggle to find sufficient food. Across screenings of children aged six months to five years old, and of pregnant and breastfeeding women, at MSF facilities last week, 25 per cent were malnourished. At the MSF clinic in Gaza City, in the north of the Strip, the number of people enrolled for malnutrition treatment has quadrupled since 18 May, while rates of severe malnutrition in children under five have tripled in the last two weeks alone.

This is not just hunger – it is deliberate starvation, manufactured by the Israeli authorities. The weaponisation of food to exert pressure on a civilian population must not be normalised. The Israeli authorities must allow food and aid supplies into Gaza at scale.

26.07.2025 - 00:38 [ International Committee of the Red Cross ]

Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC president calls for urgent collective action by states to end abhorrent suffering in Gaza

New York (ICRC)—There is no excuse for what is happening in Gaza. The scale of human suffering and the stripping of human dignity have long exceeded every acceptable standard – both legal and moral.

Every minute without a ceasefire risks civilian lives. The level of suffering inflicted on civilians because of warfare conducted indiscriminately and the extreme deprivation of the essentials for survival is abhorrent.

People are being relentlessly killed in hostilities and while attempting to get food. Children are dying because they do not have enough to eat. Families are being forced to flee again and again in search of safety that does not exist. The ICRC has more than 350 staff on the ground in Gaza, many of whom are also struggling to find enough food and clean water.

This tragedy must end now – immediately and decisively.

24.07.2025 - 20:14 [ Anadolu ]

Gaza death toll passes 59,200 as Israel continues genocidal war on Palestinians

(July 23, 2025)

At least 59,219 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip since October 2023, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday.

A ministry statement said that 113 bodies were brought to hospitals in the last 24 hours, while 534 people were injured, taking the number of injuries to 143,045 in the Israeli onslaught.

24.07.2025 - 19:44 [ Al Jazeera ]

Updates: ‘Unforgivable’ that world standing by as Israel starves Gaza: UN

(July 23, 2025)

18h ago (22:45 GMT)
Here’s what happened today

This live page will be closing soon. Here are today’s top developments:

Israeli attacks across Gaza killed at least 77 people, including 25 aid seekers, medical sources told Al Jazeera.
More than 100 aid agencies have warned of “mass starvation” of Palestinians in Gaza and called for an immediate ceasefire and all restrictions on humanitarian aid.
The Israeli government rejected the letter from the aid agencies, referring to them as echoing “Hamas propaganda”.
Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum, reporting from Deir el-Balah in Gaza, said: “Hunger has become as deadly as the bombs; families are no longer asking for enough, they are asking for anything.”
Israeli forces have shot and killed a teenager in the town of Arrabeh, south of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, the Wafa news agency reported.

24.07.2025 - 19:39 [ Middle East Eye ]

Starvation in Gaza: Dizziness, fatigue and people collapsing in the streets

Palestinians describe dizzy spells, collapsed elderly and daily hunger as Israeli siege pushes malnutrition to deadly levels

23.07.2025 - 18:21 [ Ärzte Ohne Grenzen ]

As mass starvation spreads across Gaza, our colleagues and those we serve are wasting away – More than 100 organizations are sounding the alarm to allow in life-saving aid.

Governments must stop waiting for permission to act. We cannot continue to hope that
current arrangements will work. It is time to take decisive action: demand an immediate and permanent ceasefire; lift all bureaucratic and administrative restrictions; open all land crossings; ensure access to everyone in all of Gaza; reject military-controlled distribution models; restore a principled, UN-led humanitarian response and continue to fund principled and impartial humanitarian organisations. States must pursue concrete measures to end the siege, such as halting the transfer of weapons and ammunition.
Piecemeal arrangements and symbolic gestures, like airdrops or flawed aid deals, serve as a smokescreen for inaction. They cannot replace states’ legal and moral obligations to protect Palestinian civilians and ensure meaningful access at scale. States can and must save lives before there are none left to save.

Signatories:
1. American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
2. A.M. Qattan Foundation
3. A New Policy
4. ACT Alliance
5. Action Against Hunger (ACF)
6. Action for Humanity
7. ActionAid International
8. American Baptist Churches Palestine Justice Network
9. Amnesty International
10. Asamblea de Cooperación por la Paz
11. Associazione Cooperazione e Solidarietà (ACS)
12. Bystanders No More
13. Campain
14. CARE
15. Caritas Germany
16. Caritas Internationalis
17. Caritas Jerusalem
18. Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD)
19. Center for Mind-Body Medicine (CMBM)
20. CESVI Fondazione
21. Children Not Numbers
22. Christian Aid
23. Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP)
24. CIDSE- International Family of Catholic Social Justice Organisations
25. Cooperazione Internazionale Sud Sud (CISS)
26. Council for Arab‑British Understanding (CAABU)
27. DanChurchAid (DCA)
28. Danish Refugee Council (DRC)
29. Development and Peace – Caritas Canada
30. Doctors against Genocide
31. Episcopal Peace Fellowship
32. EuroMed Rights
33. Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL)
34. Forum Ziviler Friedensdienst e.V.
35. Gender Action for Peace and Security
36. Glia
37. Global Legal Action Network (GLAN)
38. Global Witness
39. Health Workers 4 Palestine
40. HelpAge International
41. Human Concern International
42. Humanity & Inclusion (HI)
43. Humanity First UK
44. Indiana Center for Middle East Peace
45. Insecurity Insight
46. International Media Support
47. International NGO Safety Organisation
48. Islamic Relief
49. Jahalin Solidarity
50. Japan International Volunteer Center (JVC)
51. Justice for All
52. Kenya Association of Muslim Medical Professionals (KAMMP)
53. Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation
54. MedGlobal
55. Medico International
56. Medico International Switzerland (medico international schweiz)
57. Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)
58. Mennonite Central Committee (MCC)
59. Medicine for the People – Belgium (MPLP/GVHV)
60. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
61. Médecins du Monde France
62. Médecins du Monde Spain
63. Médecins du Monde Switzerland
64. Mercy Corps
65. Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA)
66. Movement for Peace (MPDL)
67. Muslim Aid
68. National Justice and Peace Network in England and Wales
69. Nonviolence International
70. Norwegian Aid Committee (NORWAC)
71. Norwegian Church Aid (NCA)
72. Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA)
73. Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)
74. Oxfam International
75. Pax Christi England and Wales
76. Pax Christi International
77. Pax Christi Merseyside
78. Pax Christi USA
79. Pal Law Commission
80. Palestinian American Medical Association
81. Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF)
82. Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS)
83. Peace Direct
84. Peace Winds
85. Pediatricians for Palestine
86. People in Need
87. Plan International
88. Première Urgence Internationale (PUI)
89. Progettomondo
90. Project HOPE
91. Quaker Palestine Israel Network
92. Rebuilding Alliance
93. Refugees International
94. Saferworld
95. Sabeel‑Kairos UK
96. Save the Children (SCI)
97. Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund
98. Solidarités International
99. Støtteforeningen Det Danske Hus i Palæstina
100. Swiss Church Aid (HEKS/EPER)
101. Terre des Hommes Italia
102. Terre des Hommes Lausanne
103. Terre des Hommes Nederland
104. The Borgen Project
105. The Center for Mind-Body Medicine (CMBM)
106. The Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (GCR2P)
107. The International Development and Relief Foundation
108. The Institute for the Understanding of Anti‑Palestinian Racism
109. Un Ponte Per (UPP)
110. United Against Inhumanity (UAI)
111. War Child Alliance
112. War Child UK
113. War on Want
114. Weltfriedensdienst e.V.
115. Welthungerhilfe (WHH)

23.07.2025 - 18:18 [ Tagesschau.de ]

115 Hilfsorganisationen fordern Ende der Gaza-Blockade

„Regierungen dürfen nicht mehr auf die Erlaubnis zu handeln warten“, heißt es in dem Appell weiter. Nötig seien ein sofortiger und dauerhafter Waffenstillstand, ein ungehinderter Zugang sowie eine von den UN geführte Hilfsmission, die nicht vom Militär kontrolliert wird.

„Das UN-geführte humanitäre System hat nicht versagt, es wird daran gehindert, zu funktionieren“, erklären die Organisationen und mahnen Israel: „Zivilisten als Kriegswaffe verhungern zu lassen, ist ein Kriegsverbrechen.“

23.07.2025 - 18:17 [ Reuters ]

More than 100 aid, rights groups call for action as hunger spreads in Gaza

The organizations called for governments to demand that all bureaucratic and administrative restrictions be lifted, all land crossings be opened, access to everyone across Gaza to be ensured and for the rejection of military-controlled distribution and a restoration of a „principled, UN-led humanitarian response.“

„States must pursue concrete measures to end the siege, such as halting the transfer of weapons and ammunition.“

17.07.2025 - 02:59 [ Common Dreams ]

Death, Lost Limbs, and Starvation: Gaza Children Suffer Unimaginably as World Continues to ‚Look Away‘

More than 17,000 children have been reported killed over the past 20 months of bombardment by Israel. But that figure only scratches the surface of the suffering being inflicted.

15.07.2025 - 22:40 [ +972 Magazine ]

Aid for Gaza’s starving children is right at the gates. Let it in

Israel is blocking 6,000 UNRWA trucks from entering Gaza while children die of hunger. The world can still prevent further catastrophe if it chooses to act.

21.05.2025 - 15:51 [ ABC News ]

Doctor details Gaza famine: ‚We‘re not asking for miracles. We‘re asking for food‘

A senior Palestinian pediatric doctor described the humanitarian crisis in Gaza as „unbelievable,“ witnessing children dying from hunger and preventable injuries, scenes he said he had studied in textbooks, but never imagined seeing in real life.

In an interview with ABC News this week, Dr. Ahmmed Al-Farra, head of pediatrics and maternity in Gaza‘s Nasser Medical Complex, said hospitals are collapsing across the region.

20.05.2025 - 10:51 [ Human Rights Watch ]

List of signatories current as of 9:00am EST, May 19, 2025: Unified Call to Confront Famine in Gaza: Launch the Diplomatic Humanitarian Convoy Now

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

20.05.2025 - 10:42 [ Human Rights Watch ]

Unified Call to Confront Famine in Gaza: Launch the Diplomatic Humanitarian Convoy Now

(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.

25.04.2025 - 00:06 [ Senator Chris Van Hollen / Bluesky ]

It’s been 50+ days since the start of a complete blockade on food & humanitarian relief to civilians in Gaza. Jose Andres is right: End the blockade & suffering. Release all the hostages. End the war. No more Oct 7ths. Security, dignity, human rights & self-determination for all.

(April 23, 2025)

24.04.2025 - 23:59 [ Communist Party of Israel ]

Israeli Human Rights Organizations Demand Netanyahu Open Gaza’s Crossings

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.

23.03.2024 - 19:26 [ Middle East Eye ]

Thousands of trucks waiting in North Sinai to enter Gaza, says Sinai governor

North Sinai‘s governor, Mohamed Shousha, said 7,000 aid trucks are waiting to deliver aid into Gaza.

Shousha said in a statement that Israel‘s inspection rules had delayed the flow of aid into Gaza.