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Egypt, UK Agree to Increase Aid Flow into Gaza

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met with UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron in Cairo on Thursday (Egyptian Presidency)
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met with UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron in Cairo on Thursday (Egyptian Presidency)
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Egypt, UK Agree to Increase Aid Flow into Gaza

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met with UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron in Cairo on Thursday (Egyptian Presidency)
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met with UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron in Cairo on Thursday (Egyptian Presidency)

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron agreed on Thursday on the necessity of reaching a sustainable ceasefire, and the provision of sufficient relief aid to meet the humanitarian needs of the people of the Gaza Strip in order to end the humanitarian calamity in the enclave.
During talks held in Cairo, the two men emphasized their rejection of the displacement of Palestinians, and the importance of working to prevent the expansion of the conflict to other areas in the region.
Egypt continued its efforts to renew a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. It has also expressed its rejection of any attempts by Israel to displace the people of Gaza into its territories.
In Cairo, Sisi received Cameron in the presence of Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, Minister of State for the Middle East and North Africa Affairs at the UK Foreign Office Lord Tariq Ahmad and UK Ambassador to Egypt Gareth Bayley.
The meeting touched on the regional developments and the current situation in the Gaza Strip.
Sisi underscored the need for the international community to fulfill its responsibilities in implementing the resolutions of the UN Security Council and the UN General Assembly regarding the situation in Gaza, in addition to working seriously and determinedly to reach a fair and comprehensive settlement of the Palestinian issue through the implementation of the two-state solution, according to presidential spokesman Ahmed Fahmy.
Later, Britain and Egypt's foreign ministers called in a joint press conference for more aid to enter Gaza.
Shoukry underlined the importance of halting aggression in the Gaza Strip, noting that 20,000 Palestinians, including 8,000 children, were killed in the Gaza Strip in addition to destroying 70 percent of their houses.
For his part, Cameron affirmed the necessity of increasing aid flow into Gaza, stating that Britain has offered $75 million in aid.
Meanwhile, a UN report said that more than 90% of the population in the Gaza Strip was facing ‘crisis levels’ of hunger and estimated to face high levels of acute food insecurity.

 

 

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Israeli Defense Minister Says He Will End Detention without Charge of Jewish Settlers

Palestinians look at damaged cars after an Israeli settlers attack in Al-Mazraa Al-Qibleyeh near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, November 20, 2024. (Reuters)
Palestinians look at damaged cars after an Israeli settlers attack in Al-Mazraa Al-Qibleyeh near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, November 20, 2024. (Reuters)
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Israeli Defense Minister Says He Will End Detention without Charge of Jewish Settlers

Palestinians look at damaged cars after an Israeli settlers attack in Al-Mazraa Al-Qibleyeh near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, November 20, 2024. (Reuters)
Palestinians look at damaged cars after an Israeli settlers attack in Al-Mazraa Al-Qibleyeh near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, November 20, 2024. (Reuters)

Israel’s new defense minister said Friday that he would stop issuing warrants to arrest West Bank settlers or hold them without charge or trial — a largely symbolic move that rights groups said risks emboldening settler violence in the Israeli-occupied territory.

Israel Katz called the arrest warrants “severe” and said issuing them was “inappropriate” as Palestinian militant attacks on settlers in the territory grow more frequent. He said settlers could be “brought to justice” in other ways.

The move protects Israeli settlers from being held in “administrative detention,” a shadowy form of incarceration where people are held without charge or trial.

Settlers are rarely arrested in the West Bank, where settler violence against Palestinians has spiraled since the outbreak of the war Oct. 7.

Katz’s decision was celebrated by far-right coalition allies of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. National Security Minister and settler firebrand Itamar Ben-Gvir applauded Katz and called the move a “correction of many years of mistreatment” and “justice for those who love the land.”

Since Oct. 7, 2023, violence toward Palestinians by Israeli settlers has soared to new heights, displacing at least 19 entire Palestinian communities, according to Israeli rights group Peace Now. In that time, attacks by Palestinian militants on settlers and within Israel have also grown more common.

An increasing number of Palestinians have been placed in administrative detention. Israel holds 3,443 administrative detainees in prison, according to data from the Israeli Prison Service, reported by rights group Hamoked. That figure stood around 1,200 just before the start of the war. The vast majority of them are Palestinian, with only a handful at any given time Israeli Jews, said Jessica Montell, the director of Hamoked.

“All of these detentions without charge or trial are illegitimate, but to declare that this measure will only be used against Palestinians...is to explicitly entrench another form of ethnic discrimination,” said Montell.