Israel has for years been determined to cut aid to the refugees both in Gaza and the West Bank.

While the UN Secretary General and head of UNRWA calls for an investigation into what Israel alleges are crimes committed by some 12 Gazan UNRWA staff (among the 13,000) in the participation of the October 7th events, the leaders of the Western world including Australia just jump on board of these allegations and immediately cut aid to UNRWA. In so doing I believe they are all involved in yet further collective punishment, Australia among them, on an entrapped, starving, drenched, freezing, ill and injured 2.3 million Palestinians.

There is always context when dealing with Israel and the Palestinians. Israel has for years been determined to cut aid to the refugees both in Gaza and the West Bank. With Trump and our former PM  Scott Morrison, they achieved part of their goal and aid to UNRWA was reduced by at least half. For years they have also been set on undermining the critical work of the UN agency. They have chosen now ( nearly three months after the event) to bring this information to the worlds attention just as the ICJ found that the South African charges of genocide against them contained merit. The ICJ found that there is a probability of Israel committing genocide in Gaza. This is no co-incidence.

Just let’s examine where the greatest damage done by the IDF over the past months in Gaza. There are 8 refugee camps in Gaza that contain 85% of the population, mostly relying on food........

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