Palestinian Church Committee Urges Global Action Over Gaza Aid
This call came after the Israeli authorities decided to revoke the registrations of numerous international organizations, ordering them to cease operations by March due to their refusal to provide employee lists and comply with updated security procedures.
Ramzi Khoury, head of the Palestinian Presidential Higher Committee for Church Affairs, described the Israeli decision as a “highly dangerous development."
“It touches the core of human values and the Church's mission, and reflects a systematic targeting of international non-governmental organizations operating in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including Jerusalem,” he said in a message to churches worldwide, as cited by an official news agency.
“What is happening today in Gaza is no longer merely a restriction on humanitarian work, but a systematic attempt to criminalize relief itself and paralyze the institutions that make the bare minimum of life possible in the face of siege, war and total collapse.”
Khoury emphasized that remaining silent in the face of Israeli restrictions “cannot be understood as neutrality.”
“It is interpreted as moral abandonment. Preventing humanitarian work and criminalizing relief, at a time of a documented need for hundreds of aid trucks daily, constitutes a grave violation of international humanitarian law and a stark contradiction of Christian teachings that place the human being and human dignity at the heart of the mission.”
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