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ISRAEL, PALESTINE AND THE WAR ON GAZA
Situation in Gaza as of 25 March 2024
31,819 killed; 73,934 injured; 70,000 housing units destroyed; 1.7 million displaced. – OCHA
Gaza hunger figures “worst on record” says Oxfam.
UNRWA calls for lifting restrictions on access to northern Gaza, after the Israeli authorities informed the UN that they will no longer approve any UNRWA food convoys to northern Gaza.
NDP motion on Gaza war passes with significant amendments
This is clearly the intent of this government, to make sure that we follow what is written in this motion. And that is why we’ve worked ..read more
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ISRAEL, PALESTINE AND THE WAR ON GAZA
Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed more than 30,000 people, displaced more than 85% of the 2.3 million-strong population from their homes and left more than half of the strip’s infrastructure in ruins, according to data from Gaza’s health ministry and the UN. – The Guardian
US plans to build a floating port off the Gaza coast to bring in more aid
You need drivers, trucks and a distribution system that doesn’t exist. – President of Refugees International
The US plans to build a floating port off the Gaza coast on which shipborne food aid can be u ..read more
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ISRAEL, PALESTINE AND THE WAR ON GAZA
At least 29,606 Palestinians killed and 69,737 injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The revised death toll in Israel from the October 7 attacks stands at 1,139. – Al Jazeera Live updates, 24 February 2024
UN calls Gaza a “death zone”
Gaza has become a death zone. – Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General
Across the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, severe malnutrition has shot up dramatically since the start of the war on 7 October, from under one percent of the population to over 15 percent in some areas.
The World Food Program has suspe ..read more
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ISRAEL, PALESTINE AND THE WAR ON GAZA
Sitrep Gaza 18 February 2024
Nasser hospital in #Gaza is not functional anymore, after a weeklong siege followed by the ongoing raid.
Both yesterday and the day before, the @WHO team was not permitted to enter the hospital to assess the conditions of the patients and critical medical needs, despite…
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) February 18, 2024
Prevention of Genocide Special Adviser speaks out
Earlier in the week, Alice Wairimu Nderitu, UN Special Adviser on the prevention of genocide, s ..read more
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ISRAEL, PALESTINE AND THE WAR ON GAZA
Gaza sitrep of dead and injured
As of 5 pm EST on 13 February 2024, at least 28,473 people have been killed and 69,147 injured in Gaza since the war began, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. Israel estimates that about 1,200 people were killed in Hamas’s October 7 attack.
UN Report on War on Gaza
According to a new report by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia entitled War on Gaza: twenty-first century’Editor’s deadliest 100 days?:
The ongoing war stands out as unprecedented in the scale of death, destruction, and suffering, with re ..read more
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ISRAEL, PALESTINE AND THE WAR ON GAZA
Update on UNRWA funding suspension
We cannot abandon the people of Gaza – chiefs of UN agencies and NGOs united appeal for UNRWA
For the initial coverage of this life and death issue, see our 28 January 2024 blog post, which included an UPDATE (after our email went out to subscribers) specifically on the UNRWA funding suspension and which concluded with:
We call on the Government of Canada to immediately reinstate full funding to UNRWA and to urge other donors to do the same.
16 countries have now suspended funding to UNRWA
Since then, the total number ..read more
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ISRAEL, PALESTINE AND THE WAR ON GAZA – CANADA MUST RESTORE UNRWA FUNDING IMMEDIATELY
UNRWA’s lifesaving aid may end due to funding suspension – Philippe Lazzarinin, UNRWA Commissioner General
The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appealed to the 10 donor countries that have withdrawn funding from the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) to reconsider, saying the agency and Palestinians in desperate need should not be penalised due to the alleged acts of a dozen staff.
UNRWA took immediate action to terminate contractees accused of participation in th ..read more
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ISRAEL, PALESTINE AND THE WAR ON GAZA
Canada is neutral on the merits of the ICJ genocide case against Israel
In last week’s blog post, we referenced the Prime Minister’s press conference remarks, later reflected in an official statement from Global Affairs Canada, that offered strong support for the ICJ and its processes but cautioned that such support
does not mean we support the premise of the case brought forward by South Africa.
What we then characterized as an “ambiguous statement” was taken by both pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian groups to mean that Canada did not support the South Afr ..read more
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ISRAEL, PALESTINE AND THE WAR ON GAZA
NDP and Green Party call for Canada to support ICJ rulings in genocide case against Israel
On 9 January both the NDP and the Green Party took strong and principled decisions in favour of the primacy of international law.
In a powerful letter to Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly, NDP foreign affairs critic Heather McPherson writes:
This is a crucial time for Canada to uphold the principles of international justice….
I am asking you today not to intervene in opposition to this case, and to support the decision of the Court.
Among the telling points ..read more
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ISRAEL, PALESTINE AND THE WAR ON GAZA
South Africa brings genocide case against Israel at ICJ
I am writing to flag a truly important document that should be widely circulated and read carefully by anyone interested in the ongoing Gaza War. – John Mearsheimer
On 29 December 2023, South Africa filed an 84-page application with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) accusing Israel of committing genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza.
The International Court of Justice established by the Charter of the United Nations as the principal judicial organ of the United Nations… – UN Charter
Est ..read more