Roughly 65 percent of Gaza's population is struggling to endure winter storms that have wrecked makeshift tents and left families without vital medicine or basic supplies. The emergency is severely magnified by ongoing blockades on international aid groups and relief personnel. Specifically, the Norwegian Refugee Council noted that Israeli authorities allowed just 15 trucks transporting dual-use items into the enclave once per week.
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Displaced Palestinians are enduring life-threatening winter weather due to widespread des…: Displaced Palestinians are enduring life-threatening winter weather due to widespread destruction of their temporary shelters.
Israeli restrictions on international aid workers, supplies, and UNRWA are crippling emer…: Israeli restrictions on international aid workers, supplies, and UNRWA are crippling emergency relief operations across Gaza.
Most incoming shelter materials are now restricted to bilateral channels operated by Egyp…: Most incoming shelter materials are now restricted to bilateral channels operated by Egypt, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia.
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It’s a great time to be a war criminal. You can trade your stolen gold in Dubai and bank your money there, no questions asked. You can do your Christmas shopping on Oxford Street, or maybe catch a West End musical. The Metropolitan Police will not bother you.
When one war finishes, another soon beckons. Consider yourself a travelling salesman. From Yemen, to Sudan, and now to Tigray, your services will always be in demand.
You can even get a lucrative gig on US President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace”, and news programmes will be queuing up to interview you.
Of one thing you can be sure: you will never face justice. The Nuremberg Trials and The Hague were so last century.
So forgive me for asking one question, in the blizzard of feverish speculation that Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are about to be thrown out of the White House and Beit Aghion respectively: what has changed?
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