Die größte Bedrohung für das Gaza-Abkommen: Nur die Infrastruktur der Vereinten Nationen – und der Einfluss Amerikas – können einen humanitären Zusammenbruch verhindern

[SS from essay by Jeremy Konyndyk, President of Refugees International and former head of the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance at the U.S. Agency for International Development.]

Among the many aims of the October 8 cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas, flooding Gaza with humanitarian assistance ought to be one of the most achievable. According to U.S. President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan, “full aid” would be “immediately sent into the Gaza Strip” through neutral international institutions “without interference from the two parties.” The very first phase of the agreement called for 600 aid trucks per day to enter the territory unimpeded; in contrast to disarming Hamas or determining Gaza’s long-term security and governance arrangements, implementing such a measure is theoretically straightforward. On paper, after two years of horrific deprivation, serial displacement, and growing famine, it would finally allow the people of Gaza to begin receiving adequate supplies of food, medicine, and other vital necessities.