Israel uses ‘bureaucratic measures’ to stop NGOs from delivering aid to Gaza: Oxfam

Israel is using “bureaucratic measures to block aid, and the impact of that means that it will only deepen starvation in Gaza”, Bushra Khalidi, policy lead in the occupied Palestinian territory for Oxfam, a global charity, has told Al Jazeera.
“Most major international NGOs since the second of March have been virtually unable to deliver a single truck of life-saving supplies, and we have millions of dollars of food, medicine and essential goods from multiple NGOs that are just standing there in the regional borders, just waiting to get in,” Khalidi said.
“Israeli authorities are rejecting aid requests from these long-established NGOs. There’s been 60 plus such denials issued since July alone,” she said.
“Registration rules are demanding, extremely intrusive and [include] unsafe disclosure of Palestinian staff lists, donor information and other sensitive data. Our view is that this violates international law, data protection laws [and] ultimately it puts staff at risk,” she said.
“Gaza has become the most dangerous place for humanitarian workers to be in. We have seen systematic attacks on aid convoys, humanitarian trucks, warehouses, premises. So for us, refusing to comply with providing private information about our staff, it’s natural,” Khalidi said.

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