When the West Collectively Punishes Gaza by Suspending Funding to UNRWA – Amira Hass/Haaretz

“Fifteen countries, headed by the U.S. and Germany, are signaling that they view the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip less seriously than the suspicions raised by the evidence regarding 12 of the agency’s employees, and that reducing or halting this mass disaster is less urgent than pleasing their ally, Israel.

“And it’s an ally that for decades has been pursuing a policy of settlements and the forced displacement of Palestinians, which on paper these other countries are also opposed to. They are well aware of reports of Israeli soldiers and civilians who have killed unarmed Palestinians, and of the fact that in most cases, the perpetrators aren’t being punished. Senior cabinet ministers of their Israeli ally have been openly advocating the crime of expelling the Palestinians from Gaza.”

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