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“We are no longer on the edge of a humanitarian crisis, but in the middle of one. This is purely a human-made disaster, and could be quickly reversed if the political will existed.” So wrote United Nations Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk, in a statement this month.
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This is a humanitarian disaster maintained by the Israeli military, and that makes it a human rights catastrophe funded by the U.S. in violation of its own laws for military aid.
Lynk also reported: "There is no comparable situation in the world...
where a substantial population has endured such a permanent lockdown, largely unable to travel or trade, and controlled by an occupying power in breach of its solemn international human rights and humanitarian obligations."
COVID-19 explodes in Israel/Palestine
In the spring and early summer, it seemed that Palestinians and Israelis alike were being spared the worst of the global pandemic.
But that assessment was premature...
On September 28th, Haaretz reported that: "Israel currently has 68,788 active cases; 1,450 people have died. In the West Bank, there are 10,363 active cases and 315 deaths, and in Gaza 1,646 active cases and 19 deaths."
Palestinians in Gaza are particularly susceptible to the pandemic due to overcrowding, the inability to access adequate water and sanitation, and a healthcare system crippled by successive Israeli military attacks and years of structural violence.
Since it began in 2007, the Gaza blockade has devastated Gaza’s economy, eroded its infrastructure, and left the population of 2 million people largely cut off from the outside world. Enforced by the Israeli military, the blockade restricts the movement of people, goods, and services in and out of Gaza, choking Gaza’s vital farming and fishing sectors and leaving 46% of the population jobless.
During this pandemic, Palestinians need action from the United States:
substantial pressure on the Israeli government to lift – or at the very least, to ease – the blockade of Gaza. It is also urgent that the U.S. restore desperately needed humanitarian aid to Palestinians.
With the massive funding given to Israel each year, between $3.8 and 4 billion, the U.S. bears so much responsibility for what happens to the Palestinian people. Tell Congress to use its leverage and hold Israel accountable for its collective punishment of 2 million people in Gaza.
Urge Congress also to restore U.S. humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people, never more desperately needed than now.
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