Christian Aid has called for all people to demonstrate compassion, decency and humanity across the occupied Palestinian territory as fear of an outbreak of COVID-19 grows in Gaza.
Since the Oslo accords were signed, the number of Israeli settlers in illegal settlements has quadrupled, hundreds of kilometres of wall have been built and two million people in Gaza are blockaded and suffering soaring unemployment.
A UN expert has voiced concern about lack of human rights accountability in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, pointing to the actions of “an occupying power seemingly bent on further territorial annexation”.
Israel’s exploitation of natural resources in the Occupied Palestinian Territory for its own use is in direct violation of its legal responsibilities as an occupying power, says UN Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk.