Time the us air force power, shoot it in 38000. 00 meals with the promise of more to come. But agencies a critical saying that the tree and lift and not be on. So instead, they want israel to open more border crossings to allow trucks to drive and is rather accused of limiting a deliveries despite warnings that many of stopping the a the does get in is not 1000000 off for 2 and a half 1000000 palestinians in gaza. And to complicate the crisis as well as constant, but of freedom bought, but makes it difficult and dangerous a to be distributed. So how effective an ad drops. Well discuss a little bit more with, i guess at the moment, but 1st a report from local, some sharif off months. So for length is gloaming on casa, comes 8 from above. The United States air force has begun and dropping food and casa the mission, photos 5 months of war back. But substantial mid the aid from as well as close as allied. The us, the bowl has already killed more than 30000. 00 palestinians, has led to a humanitarian catastrophe and bones a small starvation. The us is accused of doing too little too late. The United States, which is a full partner in israels genocide alonso locks on because a strip and which is a full partner in the seat of the cause. A strip is seeking to divert attention from its role and from israels role. And seeking to provide legitimacy to the siege by dropping a few 1000 meals ready to eat from the sky, which again, everyone who has looked at says this is a drop in the bucket and will make them off no meaningful difference. Us preston joe biden announced the admiral plan after more than 100 palestinians were killed in northern gossip on thursday. Witnesses say they were chewing for food when they were shocked by this. Rarely, troops said wolf is a critical of the eye drops, calling them efficient and effective. You only resort to that when there is something on the ground that is blocking you from using better forms of transportation of their list and your drops in particular are the worst of the cost of the worst possible way to deliver it. The very expensive they are, theyre dangerous because theres a lot that can go wrong when those things drop and they deliver very small volume of they did you damian f o says also part of suited in food and medicaid aid along with egypt, phones cut the and the united arab emirates, but the most effective way of delivering humanitarian aid has been deliberately block that as well. Only to border crossings are open and lendy is rarely security. Checks have held up trucks with crucial supplies, and continuing is rarely as strikes and ground operations have made it impossible for the Safe Delivery of fate. But were dropping some food and were dropping the bombs and the, and the tanks and the built bullets and Everything Else at the same time. Thats what hes got to do. Stop sending the money and the weapons. The United Nation says, simon is in as a to the, the majority of goes us 2400000 people already depending on who meditating 8 before the again the us says its helping address the diet, humanitarian crisis in process. Theres sort of population on the brink assignment dropping aid from the in doesnt address literally, problems in the garage and the system should ease on to see the full inside story. Lets bring in a panel of experts from romano were joined by bushnell. Actually the, the policy lead in the occupied palestinian territory. It israel from fox, from joining us here in doha is telecomm moods. A professor of Public Policy up at the institute for graduate studies. He specializes an international aid. And also in rama is a feel by doing the acting director of advocacy and campaigns for the charge. The medical aid for palestinians. Welcome to your bushel that stopped with you as you heard and never pulled. The edge off has been widely criticized by 8 groups. Why is that . Is it not the most effective way to quickly get in food a disturbing people . Well, i mean, were talking about 2200000 people. So, you know, lets just do some basic math. Were talking about, you know, 3 meals a day, 3 times to about, you know, 7000000 to 8000000 meals a day to air drops. I mean, does that sound, you know, to, i think a normal person that sounds and effective and not extremely easy to do, particularly the 1st one is real controls. The aerospace is great that theres been negotiations on this and the dns and others have been able to coordinate including the last. So been able to coordinate some access to that aerospace, but it does not address the solution. Again, it was the same thing during the temporary cause, the 5, the cost, this was this is similar to similar solution were criticized, were criticizing the costs, but the pas brought in effectively nothing to guys ends except a few more trucks. But look at us as 5 months time, the lines for the beginning of the work. And we are at the brink assignment, we have 10 children that have died from starvation last week. And, and again, the humanitarians are being used and the humanitarian crisis is being leverage of a solution to all this. When really the solution to all of this is a longstanding, 17 year old blockade on is on gas up and the military occupation that policy makers have not been wanting to deal with. And again, this is another, you know, clear show that they will not address the root causes. And instead to find Technical Solutions to address the humanitarian crisis until this situation has been painted as a humanitarian crisis, when effectively this is a political issue. And the solution is a political one, and we, as you might attain, should not be used to address a political solution. You should a company, a political solution has been no political solution yet reached. Despite the fact that millions of poses of global citizens, including World Leaders around the world, and policymakers have been calling for a cease fire for the last 5 months, including calling for a stop to as a sale of arms. Because effectively, if you get a ceasefire, then you can get the trucks and then you can get the humanitarian workers and then we can do our job. So still the air tops, we still cannot do our job. But the situation on the, on the ground remains exactly the same time a professor. Do you agree they may not be effective, but at least something is getting to those who need it most as well. And then at this stage when then, then thought International Community has for the, for the stands. I mean, of course, i mean getting some food to the, to the, to the rest of the guys and so stuck in the north. I mean, its okay, but its sweet, its not enough. I mean to let me put it in this way. I mean that, that is what i have full control of the board. Those that are the board, the crossings that lead to that goes a step. You have hundreds of trucks messing a mess and when digits in boulders, and these are the ages of the leading that, that the, the process to the 8 to enter. And the just allowing the mental unlimited number of 8 to enter is that are could easily afford exact that opened comfortable selling crossing, which leads to guys on the north and that all tax to, to go inside a book. But thats whats happening. I mean, whats, whats, whats happening now, we see that they have noticed as being caught on as related from the rest of the gaza strip. That the stain is or left over to what i mean the, theres the being installed now and there is no set and all that. And thats very important when we talk about a delivery unit in conflict times, there should be a good conduct of delivery means you do no harm, you try to do your best to not to do any on. So whats happening now when you add a prop these, a deliveries, and basically its a sort of 5 out of the 50. So you put people to the situation where they had us on the call to go and get the aid. So its like 1st come 1st serve and then you see incidence. So then sort of people also getting injured that happens and even shocked at by these ladies. So its k as by design, while the solution is very clear on all of us, its less than all the selections on aids opening the board this and most importantly, they may, thats too far because you cannot deliver aid what the order has been ongoing. And thats the thing. So i think whats happening, its more or less is, is a show. Its an insult on, its like adding more salt on to the end, the, to, to, to the injury. It when, when these countries influential countries especially that the us, the results. So this means just more or less to save face the position and say when were trying to do something. But the, the, the function of obstacles existing on the, on the control bye, is that i, and the only way to do with is depression, is it, is to remove and left the some selections and also allow agencies to do the work. And it goes up until just to be with the 8 in the food and the humane way. It will start off pushing, but a steam is to fight over 8. And im done and good guys and to a jungle, what people are on the left of that just to find food. And thats the, this is the way we all know. I see, i see nothing. What about the medical a to add drops at least an effective way to ensure that vital medicines of life saving medical equipment. Get into guys that quickly. Yes. And to be a but but, but, but the, thats the minds of you was the entire house. The system in augusta has been demolished the only few hospital, the only one or 2 hospitals left them. Dont know what approximately oh, but i think most of the doctors have been exposed to the south or even left that goes to that. So who is gonna process these . Me the construct minutes or even provide treatment to the people. And you know what i mean, once did i have a drop slot, i dropped to the slip, the, im not marked whether i mean the not coordinated with any. So theyre all the dogs. So the 3 of more or more pos. Okay, lets, lets, lets say from, from a sale, then i saw, you know, doing an agreement. What do you think about that . I think the question by itself is the magic. We know that we are and were talking about the situation of possibly risk of genocide. And there drops usually are used when there is a natural disaster. And the only way to reach the people because of financial reasons is by here. And what youre seeing here for me is me a couple of metric in such context reservation as man me the other is i thought the agree more with the, with the business. And i mean, its like the virtual sort or intentional or not is to release this from the supporters of the dresser to this. But the stage where it has a criminal justice causing maximum suffering and the i to as many people as possible. Like for me, i cannot find the words to describe, come through with a u. S. Been responsible for the opening of the crossing. Like kind of crossing the it is crossing to end the system. I think i have to Insurance Company will start patients and they just decide not to just drop age from the time. I mean, some of this age and the see. And the most one of those people who are talking about anyways, people are most really, really like theyre sick, theyre hungry, theyre injured, they cannot speak to any we what of others, they get to imagine you being start intentionally. Thing thats going to be under bombardment and then you have to read for some kind of a to be dropped from the sky and misspelled your good suit. What trying to give this age. So for me, the International Committee is actually expanding a lot of levels, just ensuring that to us, if you need to open the coffee and let us know, i would work on the safe access for 88 workers and listing the fees as they need you to spoken on the survey shouldnt go through some interesting for me, whats really important for us to understand is the surgeon are being starved. The fastest street the world has ever seen and the risk and this to model if only they have the political will to do so. And for us and then they get 8 for bossing as you read that is stated by the system. I think this was hosted by the surveys made by the nurse children especially need to correct the 250. And so there are no can this morning of the start of ation. Im just hearing for take positions, so think about it. Drops us a so think about its difficult and the reason why not because increasing is difficult for best. Foot is the so you can get difficult. Its a political decision. And thats what scares, decision should be. Need know, for sure. What are we to make of it . But of course this was, they say, i dropped books. You sick telling a pianist dont attempt to assuage the guilty consciences of us officials whose policies are contributing to the ongoing atrocities in farming as one of your colleagues at ox from put it . Yeah, i mean we, we, we know that the us has leverage. And we know all the leverage that give us can have on the situation and the us is choosing not to use that leverage. So how are we supposed to understand that otherwise . And it states think that by air dropping food, they are being themselves from their duties and obligations. The 3rd states in accordance with the i c, j order. I am very confident that it is likely not the case that they are absolving any of their duties obligations by air dropping aid. In fact, they should be using that they should be implementing real measures to put pressure on israel. This does not put pressure on israel. In fact, actually it absolved israels from his duties and obligations to protect the civilian population above by israel occupies the posting and civilian population in gaza. And as an occupier, it has clear duties and obligations to protect and serve the posting in population in garza by providing them with the basic essentials to survive. Its not doing so its doing the complete opposite. In fact, its using starvation techniques to course and collectively punishment, punish an entire civilian population. And so not abiding by its own duties and obligations in the same breath as allies are doing are supporting it by. A filling in the void and the vacuum of israels duties and obligation, and thats what im thinking, the air drops. What a full feel. These duties and obligations under international law. Absolutely not. And what i think one more point is air drops should come with a full response, right . Air drops should be used and you know, its, its, we have to make it very clear. Were not against air drops. Of course not. Were, you know, all or anybody getting any of the possible, but this should be part of our humanity and response. Right now, we dont have a meaningful response, airport and abrupt should be, should not be even like, considered at this point. Because theres so many other or options, elaborate lubbers number so you can use to be able to enter 8 in one of which is opening one of the other solvent costing. So im letting the trucks that are full and food and water weaving in the for the, for a couple months even. Um, so thats my reflections on, on that question, kind of picking up on, on the 1st of bushes points that what does this tell us about the us us leverage of the israel, as weve heard many times on this program and elsewhere on which is 0, the us could stop as well as well today by cutting off supply the supply of arms to what is right on using its, its leverage. So on the one hand it supplying the bones that are coming in as people buy the filings and all the other, its dropping food to feed the starving survivors. Its map that, isnt it . Correct . Its, its, its, its really outside of madness. And its um and you know, whats, whats that about the best situation . I mean, we know what that is, what it has to submit those. So its sort of put to the i c j because its a, its that because its monday to do so. And it seems like is what it is even does not even care about this for an extent. The problem that the us is orchestra. I think this a to drop a, with some other countries just to, again say phase of it and say it has allowed us in coordination and coordinated with us to allow this happening. You know, and the, and again, i mean the key question here is that before this war, i mean there was a very strong owner. Well, patient in the gaza strip. And thats a mind the view. What is the owner was a, it was up to own what and what was being refunded . No, fort accusations that have not been investigated yet. Its a system ethical finishes. So what youll see is, it seems like there is a Systematic Campaign or 1st of all the this throwing or diminishing any precedence for a organization, including owner wants to the, creating these precedents with, as being dropped. Uh, aids being dropped uh uh, from a to please and the gaza strip. And then the what. And then creating this k is in, in, in the population to the human eyes. Them turned them into name as a fights in times of force that left use this. When you see the scenes, i mean people fighting over a well comes 1st. The one who loves the has i, i have a chance to survive and thats by itself. This is old human may treasure the its by design. And thats so said i gain. Yes, we know the pursuit of the us, i, im, im, im in no position to defend the u. S. I mean that you, i met it comes gonna defend themselves. I mean the Us Government in particular and but, but again, back to the nation in the protection and the dimensions, you might have depth and thats a new, its some of the fee to have to watch this happening. Its like an adult call me the end. Its a sub total secrecy to see this happening and the guys are sort of the inability of the national system, the you and to kick in and do something about it. Its, its, its obtained that its, its a huge fan of i. What about the future . I mean, we will see a similar situation happening in other countries because garza is, has become a precedent and has become a case study of, of d and d, legalizing it the national. Busy busy busy weakening it human rights and good. I see it all of the future. 4444. You might have to even because of this contact. Yeah, i want to talk to you about the humanitarian lloyd special in just a few moments, a tunnel. The 1st. I see is israel actively blocking the delivery of humanitarian aid . My road into gauze off as it argues, 8 agencies that fall. I just wanna read you a quote here from a spokes person. These really embassy in london who said recently the israel is enabling the entrance of humanitarian. Its into the gaza strip and is facilitating the transfer of any amount of a requested. The scope of the incoming 8 is limited only by the handling capabilities of the u. N. Of all the agencies within the gaza strip claims regarding the fluid situation in gauze, an accurate that are intended to divert the focus from the ongoing failure of these organizations in handling and managing the distribution of aid to the residents who need it. What do you make of that . I mean, we havent reckoned so hard to secure all these effects, and most of them are just coming in the way from for approval. Security. Approval is resume the design for in 3. Really complex. And we were talking about really look of folks the you and because yesterday on the, and you me through an agency that has been really getting everything needed, just rating it along with them. Its course, im not saying that the humanitarian that it has been written perfectly of the core and the root issue is a loving the 8th century integrates. I have been after these waiting for hours even days for waiting for our trucks to enter garza and whats making them break is us policies. So for, for us, for you just say that its not the, the duty of the default of the return in agencies as opposed to the occupation, well actually knows that they wont be able in garza to be, to use a starvation as theyre looking for. So this is my response as well. Sure, i, i know you want to pick up on that, but ill add a question to to, to that the by the administration says, but its also considering uh, shipping a directly to guys or from cypress by boat. I mean, its not a viable alternative disguise or even have a functioning pause right now. Once it gets to the port, its going to face the same problem, isnt it . Who, who distributes the aid . I mean again, i mean i, you know, i, i totally agree with this use point. I think again the main duties and obligations im to national or israel, israels occupier. And therefore israel has cleared duties and obligations to the ocoee be occupied. People it occupies in gaza. So that needs to be made very clear when you know, we, we, we talk about, you know, who has responsibility, who has the greater responsibility. Sure, the humanitarian Community Also has a responsibility. We also have a responsibility of duty of care to our staff and to our colleagues sending our colleagues to deliver food and provide medical aid and medical supplies. Under bon is that principles . What do we do . We, i mean, we are having, you know, we have questions within the minds inquiry. We are conversations about how are we reaching our duty of care to our staff as well by, by, you know, asking them to work and deliver food during these times when the bombs are raining on them. Of course not. We should not be something or teams. So its been, you know, so the, the, i mean beyond is really just is really restrictions. Lets just talk about the relentless compartment thats been happening over the gotten a strip of the last 5 months. Thats also impeded our work. Not only in terms of the, the amount of band damage on roads which makes it, you know, which delays the entire, you know, uh, a delivery process. But also the fact that there are live bombs. But while trucks are, are, are on their way to deliver aid. So you know, really a ceasefire is the 1st step to have a meaningful you might have respond to last without a ceasefire, without you know, the crossings in place without all this restriction, no meaningful. You might intend responsible happen in the plaza. Ok, tom, im in a few remaining minutes. Weve got a laptop. Try to get one more question to see you as well. But going to come back to the politics of this and under the motives of, of the us in, in an dropping aid in its entry and findings. The International Court of justice found that at least some of his rails actions in does appear to be capable of falling within the provisions of the genocide convention, as, as we have established on this program for nations, the provide israel with support could be found to be complicit if the court ultimately finds that israel has committed genocide, could the us argue that by add dropping aid . It isnt complex. Is it any active genocide . Yes, of course. I mean, it could also defend days that i dont think this happened in coordination with is that on is what i thought out. This will happen. And this means that is what it is doing. Its best to allow 8 input goes to that, and thats how theyve vision strategy. Again, the vision from that in issue on from the other a huge crimes on the ground. Busy so, so, so the, the u. S. As default since the beginning of this war is basically 2 choices, 2 things, 2 strategies buying more time to is that im, im protecting, is that im using the us as an influence on the voltage. And also the v 2 followed in the u. N. To stop and the, or the book any attends by the International Community to stop this war. And to allow agencies blacked into the goes to the and the us as they know this, the score. I dont see any, a shame in this policy, even in the negotiations process that, that boeing now to release captives uh to try to get to uh, a 6 weeks uh, through scan. So thats the us position so far. Okay. I saying we have about a minute left on the program as a final thoughts. Just remind us once again as if we needed reminding about the situation in gaza in terms of peoples suffering right now, how close to funding is garza whats needed by how many people right now, just because so think about it. Just one to 2 and the drugs i think that its some kind of, again, the image results suggesting that the us as we get the best the button does receive the signal if assistance. And that was like a sense to see if were going to help the air were going to help. And by this the, this one through mind, the audience is but again, regarding the situation in gaza. Its devastating emergency medical teams are seeing evidence of serious and addition in blood sugar out of those were talking about interpretation over 2000000 a some accurate food insecurity. We have 5. 00 to 576000. 00 people in does estimated to be experiencing f, a stuffing, the hunger for most severe phase of extra fees of extra sweet and security. That is more of twice the reason were talking about 1. 00 and 6. 00 to the 2 years old and goes to a 15. I noticed 90 percent under 5 suffering from Infectious Diseases production studies cause evidence production studies are estimating 58000. 00 additional. Okay. Over the next 6 months, there is no ceasefire. The from injuries both from scratch, which is new, and my new kitchen, they have like a full water and the same above is the price is the Premium Security sale, manufacture, date, rape out of time. Many thanks to all of you for taking part in the discussion today brochure for lady telecom booth and a seal by doing and as always, thank you for watching. You can see the program again at any time by going to the website, but youll find it out just 0. Dont com. For further discussion, youre welcome to join us on Facebook Page at facebook dot com forward slash h i. Inside story out. Of course, you can join the conversation on x, ill handle this, have a great inside story from me, a friend that i can obtain it though hop will see you at the the latest news as it breaks for save only those deliveries of food. 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I couldnt do this job without the best camera manifest, produces the best spaces and those are the people the i rely on in order to be able to get that message out to the well the. Ready it is rarely intensifies attacks on the right side in Southern Gaza or the night at least 13 people are killed. The other ones are in jordan, this is all just here a life and dont lose that coming. Dozens of people have been killed or wounded while waiting for aid in kansas city. Its the latest in a series of is there any attacks on palestinians desperately seeking and given the scale of