shares s concern that may seize or destroy entering or otherwise preventing it from reaching people who need it. If Hamas in any way blocks assistance from reaching inclg by seizing the aid itself, we will be the 1st to condemn it & will work to prevent it from happening again.
Pres will go to Amman, , after his trip to Tel Aviv. Blinken went to Amman last wk,& spoke w/ & Pres Mahmoud .
ofcls waited to announce President s travel to until they received commitments from PM Benjamin on a package Mon night. Once SoS got the assurances during a marathon meeting in Tel Aviv, he made the announcement.
During a 7-hr meeting, Israeli & US ofcls set up separate rooms & passed papers between the 2 sides, negotiating over humanitarian issues including getting into & creating for .
said the & have agreed to try to find ways to get into & to consider ideas for setting up that would be off-limits from .
On s visit, Blinken said, He is coming here at a critical moment for Israel, for the region & for the world. The presidents plan means it is unlikely that Israel will start its against in Gaza before Wed.
, just finished a marathon 7 hour meeting at a military base in Tel Aviv w/ PM Benjamin of & his . At 3AM local time Blinken addressed the world to announce the President s visit.
Blinken said Biden's visit is meant to show unwavering support for Israel & that he would speak w/Israeli ldrs about urgent issues, including held by & to in .
Pass your Test"EU to launch a humanitarian air bridge to bring aid to Gaza"
"The European Union said on Monday (Oct 16) it would launch a humanitarian air bridge operation consisting of 'several flights' to Egypt aiming to bring supplies to humanitarian organisations on the ground in Gaza.
'The first two flights will take place this week, carrying humanitarian cargo from UNICEF including shelter items, medicines and hygiene kits,' the EU said in a statement."
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From Sec Gen Guterres stmt - he made two appeals - for to release the without any conditions, and for to grant rapid and unimpeded access for humanitarian to .
"The UN has stocks available of food, water, non-food items, medical supplies and fuel....These goods can be dispatched within hours," he said.
"Each one of these two objectives are valid in themselves. They should not become bargaining chips."
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' is on the verge of accepting an agreement that would allow foreigners and dual nationals to traverse the crossing into North , having set as a precondition the approval of the entry of into the Strip, according to informed sources'
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doctors without borders is treating patients in gaza right now and accepts donations. theyve reported all hospitals are currently overwhelmed from injuries
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- baitulmaal.org
- gaza mutual aid collective (pay/pal: AGEDKNAFEH)
Anera is one of the few orgs able to work directly in Gaza, delivering food, blood, and medical supplies, in addition to their regular activities in economic and agricultural sustainability and sovereignty.
PCRF also works in Gaza, their HQ was bombed in a previous attack. They do good work, especially with kids.
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"Our hearts and blood are with Gaza
Popular relief activity in Egypt to support the sector
Several Egyptian civil society organizations are moving under government supervision to organize relief activities in support of the Gaza Strip. Activities range from fundraising to blood donations and food convoys
Over 400,000 displaced in Gaza, UN appeals for urgent aid.
UN Says Over 400,000 People Displaced in Gaza, Appeals for $300 Million.
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Egypt Discussing Plans to Provide Aid to Gaza Under Limited Ceasefire - Security Sources.
Egypt explores plans to provide aid to Gaza amid ceasefire efforts.
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The recent Afghanistan earthquakes were devastating and they will be moreso if aid comes slowly to the region:
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Condemn Hamas & its horrendous acts. But it is awful that European aid agencies are suspending aid to Palestine. Palestinians have been reeling under occupation & already lack access to basic services and institutional arrangements. Does this also include the West Bank where the challenges are so different
Germany halting aid
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Scholz added that he could foresee the suffering of the civilian population in the Gaza strip likely growing further.
But that too is the fault of Hamas and its attack on Israel.
Germany halting aid
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Germany will suspend all development aid to the occupied Palestinian territories pending the completion of a review to ensure it best serves regional peace and Israels security, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said.
Our yardstick will be whether and how these projects best serve peace in the region and the security of Israel, he said. Until that review is complete we will not make available any new development cooperation resources.
Earlier Wednesday, called on & nations as well as the international community to provide to .
The humanitarian agency painted a bleak picture of conditions in the Strip as lays to the narrow enclave.
In an update Wed, the agency said >263k have been displaced across Gaza & >1k homes have been destroyed, w/an additional 560 so damaged that are uninhabitable. 12,630 other homes were also damaged.
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Republicans Are Blocking Their Own Calls for Israeli Aid
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We cant confuse Hamas with all Palestinians: Spain says amid aid review Israel-Palestine conflict News Al Jazeera
The of Representatives remains leaderless due to the intraparty fight over the .
With no elected , the House is effectively paralyzed. It cant pass emergency military for close U.S. ally until seat a new speaker.
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The European Commission now says that aid payments for are not being suspended, despite an earlier statement of Oliver Varhelyi.
The Commission said in a statement that it was launching a review of its programme.
"In the meantime, as there were no payments foreseen, there will be no suspension of payments," the statement added.
Elsewhere, the UK has announced it is also reviewing its aid for projects.
Hamas does not represent the entire Palestinian population
A Swedish politician and member of the European Parliament has criticised the move announced earlier by Oliver Varhelyi, the EU Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, to halt aid to Palestinians.
Hamas does not represent the entire Palestinian population, Evin Incir told Al Jazeera.
"To punish the Palestinian people for the terrorist attacks of Hamas would not serve anyone anything good."
s Ministry of Economic Cooperation () announced the suspension of all development for the territories while the funds are being comprehensively examined.
The BMZ, committed $130M in bilateral development cooperation for Palestinian territories this yr & next. It includes co-op, supply & disposal, plants, vocational , creation for young people & .
US Security Aid to Israel to Arrive in Coming Days
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The Commission said it was putting its full portfolio of development to s, worth 691 million euros, under review and immediately suspending all payments.
"The scale of terror and brutality against and its people is a turning point," Oliver Varhelyi, the Commissioner for the 's neighbourhood, said in a post on X. "There can be no business as usual."
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Two high-power electrical transformers were formally handed over to Ukraine on Thursday ahead of winter, the latest support provided by Japan to the war-torn country.
With the chamber in paralysis, a new battle over the govt looms next month, while boosters of s war effort fear lawmakers may be unable to authorize crucial new installments of .
But the concerns harbored by onlookers abroad go far deeper.
Irelands prime minister has said he is concerned to see the UK disengaging from the world, and accused it of turning inwards by leaving the EU, slashing international aid and now considering abandoning a human rights treaty.
Leo Varadkar warned that Brexit, aid cuts and talk of abandoning the European Convention on Human Rights are not the Britain I know.