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Hello, this is Michelle. Israel’s decision to ban UNRWA from operating in Israel and, by extension, in the Palestinian territories under its occupation has drawn outcry across the humanitarian community. The Palestinian Red Crescent, in town for the Red Cross conference, fears this hints at a wider strategy to reshape humanitarian response in the Palestinian territories.

Meanwhile, a report by the UN’s Sudan fact-finding mission uncovers widespread rape and sexual abuse by RSF forces during the 18-month civil war. And over a third of our leafy canopies are fighting for their survival on this planet.

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Michelle Langrand

30.10.2024


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Israeli army soldiers positioned at the entrance of the Tulkarm camp for Palestinian refugees inspect a vehicle used by the Palestinian Red Crescent Society arriving at the scene during an ongoing raid on the camp in the north of the occupied West Bank on 12 September 2024. (Keystone/AFP/Zain Jaafar)

Red Crescent, a last lifeline for Palestinians? As humanitarians struggle to respond in Gaza and the Palestinian territories, Israel’s decision to push the UN Palestinian aid agency out sparks fears that other local organisations, like the Palestinian Red Crescent, could be next.

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