#Palestine / Israeli Policy and Permitted Looting Create De Facto Food Blockade in North Gaza
Israel informed its High Court that #IDF lacks effective control over #Gaza and therefore cannot secure humanitarian aid. #Haaretz revealed that the military deliberately allows armed Palestinians affiliated with two prominent Rafah clans to extort "protection money" and loot aid trucks. This systematic blocking and looting occurs with the IDF's tacit approval in a designated "looting zone" near the crossing, resulting in recent UN reports of 97 out of 106 convoy trucks being plundered.
The state maintains it will not allow private merchants to bring food and goods into Gaza, while aid organizations argue this policy, combined with the permitted looting, effectively prevents aid from reaching civilian population.
[…] The petition to the High Court of Justice was filed in March by five Israeli human rights organizations: Gisha, HaMoked (Center for the Defence of the Individual), Physicians for Human Rights, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (#ACRI), and #Adalah. These organizations petitioned the court to order the government and IDF to allow free and rapid passage of all aid shipments, equipment, and humanitarian workers, as well as to significantly increase the amount of aid and goods entering Gaza to prevent famine and humanitarian disaster. The court has held several hearings on the petition and has granted multiple requests by the state to delay its responses.
Register this: “The court has held several hearings on the petition and has granted multiple requests by the state to delay its responses.”
So, Israeli human rights organizations urgently petitioned in March (!) to prevent humanitarian disaster, yet the High Court has repeatedly allowed the state to delay responding while conditions deteriorate. Meanwhile, as documented in the article, the state now claims it cannot secure aid delivery while simultaneously allowing systematic looting in designated "looting zones" - a combination of policies and practices that effectively prevents aid from reaching civilians in need. The state's latest response to the court denies responsibility by claiming lack of "effective control" in Gaza, even as it maintains control over aid entry points and reportedly enables interference with aid delivery.
Hebrew https://www.haaretz.co.il/news/politics/2024-11-19/ty-article/.premium/00000193-453e-d383-abbb-e7bfe94f0000 or https://archive.is/FCnBM
See also https://kolektiva.social/@oatmeal/113460114664090951
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