Israel agrees to allow US flour shipment into Gaza

[Donkees]

Israel will allow a large US shipment of flour intended for civilians in Gaza to move ahead, the Times of Israel reports, citing an unnamed US official.

The new arrangement will see a shipment of flour – capable of feeding 1.5 million Palestinians in Gaza for five months – enter the enclave, and it will be distributed by the UN’s World Food Programme.

Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich had blocked the transfer of the flour for more than a month.

A lack of food and supplies entering Gaza, combined with restrictions on the ability of aid agencies to distribute what is available due to safety concerns, has caused a dire humanitarian situation to develop across Gaza.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/23/israels-war-on-gaza-live-local-authorities-report-central-gaza-massacre

[claudette]

1. Oh, how

nice of them.

[malaise]

2. Let me rewrite that

Israel has been told not to eff with the US shipment of flour for Gaza

[SalamanderSleeps]

3. Bezalel Smotrich.

The Holocaust did not give anyone a blank check.

Two wrongs will never make a right.

Pathetic.

[2naSalit]

4. Great...

Flour, that's not much to live on. what about water and actual nutritional foods?

JFC!

[Donkees]

5. Biden Administration Issues New Arms Transfer/Humanitarian Aid Memorandum

February 9, 2024
The new policy requires written assurances from foreign governments before receiving arms that they will not commit human rights abuses with U.S. weapons.

The secretary of state must also obtain similar assurances that “[recipient countries] will facilitate and not arbitrarily deny, restrict, or otherwise impede, directly or indirectly, the transport or delivery of United States humanitarian assistance and United States Government-supported international efforts to provide humanitarian assistance.”

https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/biden-administration-issues-new-arms-transfer-memorandum