02 January 2026
I echo the IASC principals¡¯ statement.
New Israeli restrictions on international NGOs are further compromising the humanitarian operation in the Gaza Strip.
These measures come at a time when people in Gaza need more aid, not less, simply to survive. And they also undermine efforts to assist people affected by record levels of violence in the West Bank.
Coming in the wake of anti-Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA legislation, these restrictions are part of a troubling pattern of disregard for international humanitarian law and increasing impediments to aid operations.
This is a dangerous precedent.
Failing to push?back against attempts to control the work of aid organizations will further undermine the basic humanitarian principles of neutrality, independence, impartiality and humanity underpinning aid work across the world.
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Document Sources: United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA)
Subject: Assistance, Assistance to the Palestinian people, Gaza Strip, Humanitarian relief, NGOs/Civil Society
Publication Date: 02/01/2026
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Document Sources: United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA)
Subject: Assistance, Assistance to the Palestinian people, Gaza Strip, Humanitarian relief, NGOs/Civil Society
Publication Date: 02/01/2026
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