We urge the Israeli authorities to reconsider their plan to ban many of the international NGOs operating in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT).
International NGOs are central to humanitarian operations in OPT, collectively delivering close to $1 billion dollars in assistance each year.
In Gaza in particular, as winter compounds to families’ suffering, as high acute food insecurity persists and as the need for life-saving aid is as critical as ever, banning NGOs risks undermining the fragile progress made during the ceasefire. The consequences for vulnerable children, women and men, will be devastating.
Humanitarian access is not optional, conditional or political. It is a legal obligation under international humanitarian law and fundamental for the protection of human rights.
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