BBC Upset About New “Controversial” Aid To Gaza Group

The front page of BBC News mentions that they are “controversial”. I wonder why

New US-backed group says it has begun aid distribution in Gaza

A controversial new aid distribution group backed by the US and Israel has begun working in Gaza.

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) said lorry loads of food had been delivered to secure sites and that it had begun distribution to people. It did not say where or how much aid had been handed out.

The group, which uses armed American security contractors, aims to bypass the UN as the main supplier of aid to the 2.1 million Palestinians in Gaza, where experts are warning of a looming famine after an Israeli blockade that lasted 11 weeks.

The UN and many aid groups have refused to co-operate with GHF’s plans, which they say contradict humanitarian principles and appear to “weaponise aid”.

Israel says a new system is needed to stop Hamas stealing aid, which the group denies doing.

Ah. It’s controversial because the aid is not flowing through the UN and NGOs who then siphon off the aid and money for the aid before sending the aid and it ending up in the hands of Hamas. Also, it is backed by the Trump administration, so, that causes immediate resistance from the moonbats

Under the GHF’s mechanism, security-screened Palestinians will be expected to collect boxes containing food and basic hygiene items for their families from a small number of distribution sites which are mainly in southern Gaza. The sites will be secured by American contractors, with Israeli troops patrolling the perimeters.

UN and other aid agencies insisted they will not co-operate with any scheme that fails to respect fundamental humanitarian principles.

They have warned that the GHF’s system will practically exclude those with mobility issues, including those with injuries, disabilities and the elderly, force further displacement, expose thousands of people to harm, make aid conditional on political and military aims, and set an unacceptable precedent for aid delivery around the world.

They’ll be getting the aid to the non-Hamas supporters, instead of having Hamas steal the aid and do with it what they will. Which also helped hide how much was pilfered by the UN and NGOs.

Meanwhile, the BBC doesn’t like it much when Israels protest and are mean

Thousands of Israelis join violent, racist march through Jerusalem’s Muslim quarter

Thousands of Israelis have joined a state-funded march through the Muslim quarter of the Old City in Jerusalem, where large groups chanted racist slogans including “Gaza is ours”, “death to the Arabs” and “may their villages burn”.

The annual march, paid for and promoted by the Jerusalem city government, celebrates Israel’s capture and occupation of East Jerusalem and its holy sites in the war of 1967. The Israeli takeover is not recognised internationally.

First, they can’t be racist because Jews and Muslims there are mostly of the same descent. Second, where was the BBC condemnation of pro-Palestinians?

• Thousands at pro-Palestinian rally in London
• Pro-Palestinian rallies held in Londonderry and Belfast
• Israel-Gaza war: Pro-Palestinian rally held in Belfast
• Hundreds demand ‘free Palestine’ at Cardiff protest

No mention of the meaning of “from the river to the sea.” Or the Jew hatred. Or the wearing of Intifada Keffiyehs, a symbol of killing Jews and destroying Israel. Double standard.

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