Humanitarian aid for Palestinians has always been a macabre game which the international community has played so well, to the point that aid and death have become intertwined. Not only did the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) face Israel’s political violence while forced to remain steeped in a neutrality clause. To ensure further restrictions on humanitarian aid supplies and delivery of services, Israel banned aid agencies from operating in Gaza, subject to the submission of staff members’ personal details and political affiliations. In Israel’s narrative, humanitarian aid is designated as terror. In the international community’s narrative, humanitarian aid is an escape clause from political accountability. 

Israel’s High Court of Justice recently halted the government’s ban on 37 NGOs although it specified, “Without taking any position, a temporary interim order is hereby issued.” The case is still being considered, and humanitarian aid is still not considered a........

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