UN food chief Cindy McCain to step down over health concerns – POLITICO
Carl Skau, No. 2 at WFP, will temporarily helm the agency while a successor is named. McCain’s final…
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U.N. food agency chief says women and children are ‘starving’ in Gaza and pressed Netanyahu on aid
TEL AVIV, Israel — The head of the U.N. food agency said Thursday that it was “very evident” during her…
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Fasters are demanding full humanitarian aid to Gaza under U.N. authority and an end to U.S. weapons shipments to Israel, Marjorie Cohn reports. By Marjorie Cohn Truthout As the death toll of Palestinians continues to rise and more than a half a million people in Gaza are on the brink of fam
⬆️ #US removes #Gaza #AidPier due to weather and may not put it back.
Now #CindyMcCain can bask in her ethics glory.
https://apnews.com/article/gaza-pier-humanitarian-aid-f3e21c072630c0d9cb9498d3a0e27a55
U.S. officials say the pier built by the U.S. military to bring aid to Gaza is being removed due to weather to protect it, and the U.S. is considering not re-installing it unless aid begins flowing out into the population again. While the military has helped deliver desperately needed food through the pier, the vast majority of it is still sitting in the adjacent storage yard because of the difficulty that agencies have had moving it to areas in Gaza where it is most needed, and that storage area is almost full. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss military movements.
⬆️ A #WHO official says the #US-built #AidPier in #Gaza not sufficient in delivering aid to #Palestinians
Never mind that #UN agencies refuse to pick up aid and deliver it to starving Palestinians on the most specious pretext of #ethics and #neutrality [See #WFP & #CindyMcCain above] 🙄
Israel says it has allowed 100s of truckloads, but UN has failed to pick it up. UN says it is too dangerous for trucks to move through the area due to rampant lawlessness
https://apnews.com/article/pier-gaza-aid-who-rafah-israel-79b016e6058f9b7d8a778ac1fb1cd35e
A senior official with the U.N. health agency says the reconnected U.S.-built pier off the coast of the Gaza Strip cannot supply Palestinians with anywhere near the level of aid they need. Dr. Hanan Balkhy, head of the World Health Organization’s Eastern Mediterranean region, made the remarks after the U.S. military began delivering aid through the floating pier again, after it was removed a second time because of rough seas. She told AP that the pier has supported a little bit of aid deliveries into Gaza but not to the scale that is needed by any stretch of the imagination. WHO says since Israel launched its ground operation into Rafah, aid delivery had declined by 67%.
⬆️ >> Speaking of “rocketing” of #WFP warehouses, #CindyMcCain said Sunday that ONE staffer was injured but “everybody else is fine.”
BUT millions of #Palestinians are starving in #Gaza…
>> “Humanitarian aid must not be used and must not be perceived as taking any side in a conflict,” WFP said.
…YET the #UN agency chartered to "bring life-saving relief in emergencies and use food assistance to build peace, stability and prosperity” took the side of #Israel's #FarRight.
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#CindyMcCain, Director of #UN #WorldFoodProgram, is the wife of former #Republican presidential candidate #JohnMcCain.
Last week, #WFP gave no further details on the aid pause, including how long the pause would last. WFP spokespeople did not respond to requests for further details.
“Humanitarian aid must not be used and must not be perceived as taking any side in a conflict,” WFP said
Speaking of the “rocketing” of WFP warehouses, McCain said, “…That’s why a #ceaseFire is necessary”
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There is famine in Gaza due to Israel: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/05/06/gaza-famine-world-food-program-israel-hamas-war/760675e2-0bca-11ef-ae0a-a6870885518d_story.html
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"The widow of 2008 GOP presidential nominee #JohnMcCain has been the U.S. envoy to the #WFP and the Food and Agriculture Organization (#FAO) since November 2021."
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