22 countries demand full resumption of aid into Gaza immediately
Palestinians line up for donated food at a community kitchen in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on May 19, 2025. (AP/ Jehad Alshrafi)
Twenty-two donor countries issue a joint statement urging Israel to “allow a full resumption of aid into Gaza immediately,” after the partial lifting of its blockade on the territory.
The foreign ministers of the countries, including France and Germany, say that “whilst we acknowledge indications of a limited restart of aid,” the population of the war-ravaged territory “faces starvation” and “must receive the aid they desperately need.”
The statement was also signed by the foreign ministers of Australia, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the UK.
Reference Link:- https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/22-countries-demand-full-resumption-of-aid-into-gaza-immediately/
Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
