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As part of their coverage of developments in the war in the Gaza Strip, international newspapers and websites shed light on the process of airdropping food aid to starving Palestinians in Gaza, and on the situation in Jerusalem and the West Bank with the advent of the holy month of Ramadan.
Officials from European and international non-governmental organizations unanimously agreed that airdropping food aid into the Gaza Strip and building a sea pier to receive relief shipments are not sufficient, and they described - according to what was stated in a report by the "New York Times" - these operations as cumbersome and complex, and that the solution lies in entering... Trucks overland to the Strip.
On the other hand, Colbert King said in the Washington Post that Washington's resort to airdropping aid into Gaza was "appropriate," but he regretted that it was forced to do so because of what he said were problems created by Israel.
He said, "Washington's support for Israel in eliminating the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) does not necessarily mean that it is complicit with it in the horrific tragedy that the civilians of the Gaza Strip are experiencing," and he said that Washington does not have to do that.
On another topic, the French newspaper Le Monde confirmed in a report by its correspondent from Jerusalem that the neighborhoods of the eastern part of the Holy City, with the advent of the month of Ramadan, are holding their breath for fear of tension and possible security slides, against the backdrop of Israel’s war on Gaza.
In the same context, Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper called on Israeli officials to pay more attention to Jerusalem and the West Bank with the advent of the month of Ramadan, noting that tension in the West Bank has been continuing in waves for about 3 years. The newspaper acknowledged that Israeli security and military campaigns have so far failed to maintain the situation. under control.
As for the French newspaper Liberation, it commented on a student at Cambridge University spraying dark red dye on a historical picture of Lord Arthur Balfour, the British Foreign Secretary and author of the famous document called the “Balfour Declaration,” and then tearing it apart with a scalpel.
The newspaper said that this act carries many meanings, pointing out that the student belongs to the “Action for Palestine” group, which is also active in France, but Paris seeks to ban her on grounds such as anti-Semitism.
Source: Al Jazeera