Dania Akkad
Senior Investigations Editor at Middle East Eye
Californian. Syrian. Londoner. Award-winning journalist @MiddleEastEye. Send tips via Signal: +4407902945323
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1 week ago |
middleeasteye.net | Dania Akkad
The head of a controversial aid organisation, which says it is ready to start delivering food into Gaza, has resigned saying he does not believe it is possible for the organisation to operate independently or adhere to strict humanitarian principles.
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2 weeks ago |
middleeasteye.net | Dania Akkad
Aid organisations named in a letter from a newly formed foundation bidding to deliver food aid in Gaza have sought to distance themselves from the controversial plan which is expected to launch this week. The 22 May letter, obtained by Middle East Eye, was sent by Gaza Humanitarian Foundation executive director Jake Wood to Cogat, the Israeli military unit overseeing aid logistics in Gaza.
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2 weeks ago |
middleeasteye.net | Dania Akkad
Israel has denied entry to a group of doctors and humanitarian workers hours before they were set to enter Gaza on Thursday as nearly half a million Palestinians face catastrophic hunger. The group of six were prepared to leave Jordan on Thursday morning with a UN convoy, but received notice late on Wednesday that they would not be permitted to enter Gaza, according to two sources in contact with the group.
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2 weeks ago |
middleeasteye.net | Dania Akkad
Nearly a dozen British aid and human rights groups have warned that a US-backed organisation set to take over humanitarian aid distribution in Gaza is “a dangerous, politicised sham”. In in an open letter on Monday, the organisations criticised the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) which they said has been launched without Palestinian involvement while the population in Gaza remains under a total siege.
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2 weeks ago |
middleeasteye.net | Dania Akkad
A UK network representing over a dozen organisations focused on women, peace and security say cutting foreign aid on projects supporting women and girls globally would be an abandonment of the UK's commitment to human rights and would have "devastating consequences”.
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🚨New court documents in @alhaq_org + @GLAN_LAW challenge show UK assessed there was 'no serious risk' of Israel committing genocide in Gaza last June Now its lawyers are arguing there ‘is a tenable view that no genocide had occurred or is occurring’ https://t.co/A6qQezv8JY
RT @SeanPmathews: A great REVEAL by my colleague @daniaakkad --quick to the scene
🚨Scoop: Details about the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation - the organisation set to administer Israel's controversial aid plan for Gaza - revealed in new document. The whos and the hows. My story on @MiddleEastEye: https://t.co/5TLiUC5aPI