I’m not going to lie, I do regard all this attention I’m getting from Israel as a compliment. Winding up at the top of an Israeli list of enemies is certainly more of an assurance that I’m doing the right thing than winning some shitty western “journalism” award like a Pulitzer would ever be.
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AP,
“List of aid groups working in Gaza that Israel is suspending,
Israel says it’s suspending humanitarian organizations that have failed to meet its new rules to vet international groups working in the Gaza Strip.
They include some of the world’s most prominent and outspoken aid organizations, including Doctors Without Borders.
The suspension begins Jan. 1. International organizations have said Israel’s rules are arbitrary and could endanger staff. Israel has accused militant groups of operating under the cover of international organizations, something the groups deny.
The Israeli defense body that oversees humanitarian aid to Gaza, COGAT, said that the organizations on the list contribute less than 1% of the total aid going into the Gaza Strip, and that help will continue to enter from organizations that did receive permits to continue operating in Gaza.
Here are the groups affected:
1. Action Against Hunger
2. ActionAid
3. Alianza por la Solidaridad
4. Campaign for the Children of Palestine
5. CARE
6. DanChurchAid
7. Danish Refugee Council
8. Handicap International: Humanity & Inclusion
9. Japan International Volunteer Center
10. Medecins du Monde France
11. Medecins du Monde Switzerland
12. Medecins Sans Frontieres Belgium
13. Medecins Sans Frontieres France
14. Medecins Sans Frontieres Nederland
15. Medicos del Mundo
16. Mercy Corps
17. MSF Spain
18. Norwegian Refugee Council
19. Oxfam Novib
20. Premiere Urgence Internationale
21. Terre des hommes Lausanne
22. International Rescue Committee
23. WeWorld-GVC
24. World Vision International
25. Relief International
26. Fondazione AVSI
27. Movement for Peace-MPDL
28. American Friends Service Committee
29. Medico International
30. Palestine Solidarity Association in Sweden
31. Defense for Children International
32. Medical Aid for Palestinians UK
33. Caritas Internationalis
34. Caritas Jerusalem
35. Near East Council of Churches
36. Oxfam Quebec
37. War Child Holland
Banned aid groups ‘not met with good faith’ from Israel: NRC
Shaina Low, communications adviser for the newly-suspended Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), says Israel’s suspension of international NGOs “doesn’t come as a surprise to us”.
“It falls in line with what we’ve seen over the last two-plus years of Israeli authorities continually obstructing the operations of humanitarian aid organisations – impartial, independent, neutral, principled humanitarian agencies,” Low told Washington, DC-based National Public Radio (NPR).
NRC, which has worked in Gaza since 2009, will continue on-the-ground-operations “as best as we can”, Low said. But the suspension means the organisation can no longer bring international staff to Gaza, removing a critical “extra layer of support, an extra layer of protection” for Palestinian NRC workers trying to survive the genocidal war.
Before the suspension, Low said, NRC explained to Israel that it could not supply Israel with a list of its national staff, both to protect their safety and to comply with European Union data protection laws.
The organisation worked with diplomats and donors “to try and engage the Israeli authorities to productively find an alternative solution”. “But we were not met with good faith from the Israeli authorities. We were not given any alternatives, and so this is where we are now,” Low said.
New registration system for aid groups aims to ban their work in Gaza
In an attempt to legitimise the notorious aid agency backed by the US, GHF, Israeli authorities have introduced a new registration system for international organisations delivering aid to Gaza, asking them for a list of their full employees and many other details.
These organisations say this information goes against EU data protection laws and is not a legitimate request, but instead aims to get them banned from working in Gaza.
Some of these aid groups have offices in the occupied West Bank and have already been going through severe limitations, including limiting the visas for international staff.
Palestinian organisations are also facing limitations to their work. I’m standing in front of the building of the Palestinian organisation Health Work Committee, one of many Palestinian organisations that Israeli forces have shut down, citing security concerns.
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Could Hamas parades be actors posing for the camara?
LANGUAGE WARNING: F BOMBS ahead…
“HAMAS” IS THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES - THE PART THE CENSORS BLOCKED (SHARE)
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Israel asked Qatar to increase money transfers to Hamas before October 7
In early September 2023, a meeting was held at a Jerusalem hotel where official Israeli representatives asked a senior Qatari official to increase money transfers to Hamas in Gaza, as revealed by ynet. The request was made while both the Israeli side and the Qatari senior official were aware that the money would not be transferred to needy Palestinian families but directly to the Hamas government itself.
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The board have disgraced our good name,
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I really appreciate all the information you’re providing on here @Scout . My job is mentally exhausting, and to wrap my head around the continuous slaughter since October ‘23 is something I have to prepare myself for.
That all said, thanks for info. When I have the opportunity, I’ll read through it.
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