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“Instead of admitting that the existing distribution system has failed, the U.N. insists on preserving Hamas’ supply pipeline,” Israeli Ambassador to the U.N. Danny Danon said Tuesday to the Security Council. “This is not neutrality — this is support for terrorism. Israel will not cooperate with a mechanism that strengthens those who kidnapped, murdered, raped and tortured our citizens.”United Nations spokespeople have stressed repeatedly that only a court can make a determination that genocide has been committed.
Fletcher, a longtime British diplomat, has spent the last several weeks in meetings with Israeli officials, lobbying for them to allow back into Gaza food, fuel, medicine and all other. It’s worsened a humanitarian crisis for 2.3 million Palestinians, with experts saying this week that nearly half a million Palestinians areand 1 million others can barely get enough food.
Israel says that the blockade aims to pressure Hamas to releaseand that it won’t allow aid back in until a system is in place that gives it control over distribution.
“We have these very, very robust procedures, distribution points, oversights and so on to keep (aid) away from Hamas,” Fletcher said. “We have the best plan to save millions of lives that is out there. There’s no better plan for that. And we want to get in and do that.”
U.S. and Israeli officials, however, have been pushing the U.N. to assist with a new organization,Nov. 15, 2022: Zelenskyy unveils a 10-point peace plan at the G20 summit in Indonesia.
June 25, 2023: Officials from 15 countries, including the U.S., the European Union, India, Brazil, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey meet in Copenhagen, Denmark, to discuss Zelenskyy’s peace plan.Aug. 5, 2023: Two days of discussions on the war begin in Saudi Arabia with delegates from 40 countries, but not Russia. No joint statements are issued.
Oct. 28, 2023: Delegates from 65 countries meet in Malta to continue talks on Zelenskyy’s peace plan. Russia, which has dismissed the talks, was not invited.June 15, 2024: Representatives of 92 nations meet in