ISRAEL BLOCKING HUMANITARIAN PROJECTS FOR GAZA: UN.
Wednesday Mar 19, 2014.
The United Nations says Israel
has blocked humanitarian aid worth USD 110 million from reaching Palestinians
living in the Gaza Strip.
The UN Undersecretary General for
Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman made the comments at the UN Security Council
(UNSC) session on Tuesday, March 18.
“The
implementation of UN projects has not been renewed, though it was agreed upon
with the Israeli authorities. Fifteen projects worth $14 million are currently
on hold. 42 more projects worth USD 96 million are awaiting Israel’s
permission,” the UN official said.
The UN Undersecretary General for
Political Affairs said Palestinians in the besieged strip were living in harsh
conditions.
Feltman warned that the humanitarian
situation for Palestinians is deteriorating as it is becoming “harder and
harder for the UN to help the population of Gaza because of limited access.”
He also said that the growing
unemployment rate of Palestinians in Gaza was of great concern, with nearly 40
percent people now being jobless.
Since June 2007, Gaza has been
blockaded by Israel in an act which has caused a decline in the living
standards as well as unprecedented levels of unemployment, and poverty.
Tel Aviv denies about 1.7 million
people in Gaza their basic rights, such as freedom of movement, jobs that pay
proper wages, adequate healthcare, and education.
There has been a new round of
tensions between the Israelis and Palestinians since March 11 when an Israeli
airstrike killed three members of the Palestinian resistance movement Islamic
Jihad in Gaza's southern town of Khan Yunis.
The attacks against Gazans continue
despite an Egypt-brokered truce in 2012.
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