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Israel to bar 37 aid groups as UK and EU warn of severe impact in Gaza

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Smileless2012 Thu 01-Jan-26 09:10:57

inch by inch...by excruciating inch he's killing them all and the world sits by and lets it happen.

Wyllow3 Thu 01-Jan-26 08:40:15

That has kept me silent WWM too as the weight is so dreadful to contemplate. but I felt, on the first day of 2026, we cannot forget, even tho there are no easy solutions to hand.

Wyllow3 Thu 01-Jan-26 08:38:37

I am glad to read that the UK has been one of the countries to respond rapidly and condemn the actions.

One of Trumps boasts in his annual speech was having "sorted the war". what grandiose rubbish.

Meanwhile - let look at the whole picture - UK, Canada and Germany condemn Israel for 19 new West Bank settlements

"Fourteen countries, also including France, Italy, Ireland and Spain, say actions ‘violate international law and risk fuelling instability"

more in
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/24/israel-condemned-approval-19-settlements-occupied-west-bank

It's clear that they are going for an Israel "from the river to the Sea

We rightly condemned some anti Israeli current regime groups for demanding this!

And should be shouting as loudly against increasing West Bank Settlements.

Whitewavemark2 Thu 01-Jan-26 08:31:45

I have been watching, listening and reading about Israeli activities in Gaza and the West Bank since the so called ceasefire.

What the Palestinians are suffering is truly dreadful.

I no longer have any interest in debating this subject as the pariah state of Israel is beyond saving. I feel so sorry for the Jewish folk both in Israel and the rest of the world, whose faith in their homeland has been so shattered.

Wyllow3 Thu 01-Jan-26 08:30:26

No, it's not worse, we should never, ever, compare in my opinion.

Its enough to "tell it like it is", but I do agree, it is "death by a thousand cuts"

CariadAgain Thu 01-Jan-26 08:25:38

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Grandmabatty Thu 01-Jan-26 08:24:19

I read about this. What is happening in Gaza is just awful.

Wyllow3 Thu 01-Jan-26 08:19:14

I have felt that I - and the world - seems to have forgotten the plight of those in Gaza.

I want to bring them into the light and hope that somehow the forgotten are remembered and there can be some resolution.

But this latest action fills me with horror.

For god's sake, they are intending to ban Medicin Sans Frontiere amongst the groups. of all the internationally respected groups they have to be one of the most significant and they do not "play politics".

"Israel is to revoke the licences of 37 international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) working in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, saying they failed to meet requirements under new registration rules.

ActionAid, International Rescue Committee, Médecins Sans Frontières and Norwegian Refugee Council are among the aid agencies which will have their licences suspended on 1 January, with their operations to end within 60 days.

Israel said they had, among other things, failed to hand over "complete" personal details of their staff.

The INGOs said that could put them at risk.

The move was condemned by 10 countries, which said the rules would have a severe impact on access to essential services.
In a joint statement, the foreign ministers of the UK, France, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Japan, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland said INGOs were integral to the humanitarian response in Gaza and that any attempt to stem their ability to operate was "unacceptable".

The Humanitarian Country Team of the Occupied Palestinian Territory - a forum that brings together UN agencies and more than 200 local and international NGOs - urged the Israeli authorities to reconsider the registration decisions.

It has said INGOs run or support most of Gaza's field hospitals and primary healthcare centres, emergency shelter responses, water and sanitation services, nutrition stabilisation centres for children with acute malnutrition, and critical mine action activities

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1evp7weyv2o

btw, before someone slams the BBC for doing this as pro Palestinian as per ususal,

it has appeared in many newspapers - I've checked - but are behind a paywall, otherwise I would give you references