Where is the application of international law in Gaza, as crisis escalates?
Welfare Association (WA) supports humanitarian and development projects for Palestinians. In 2006/7 it made a notable shift away from development projects in Palestine into higher levels of emergency support.
Of grave concern is the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, where 1.4 million Palestinians are collectively punished and isolated from the rest of the world, in a densely populated area similar in size to the Isle of Wight. The main crossing points into and out of Gaza are shut down for long periods and essential fuel supplies are stopped intermittently by Israel. Stocks of food, and other goods are severely depleted with Hospitals running out of drugs, and wells unable to pump water.
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