‘We are not responsible for Gaza’
On Saturday the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza opened for the first time to allow a small convoy of aid trucks to pass through. Victoria Derbyshire asked former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett if more aid would be allowed in. Bennett said that the Israeli government was allowing aid in, but that it was up to the rest of the world to help the people of Gaza. He also claimed Israel was not responsible for the humanitarian situation of Gazans, despite Israel controlling the borders and water and fuel supplies for the Strip.
Is more aid coming?
Derbyshire also asked immigration minister Robert Jenrick if the Israelis had given any guarantees that they would restore water or fuel to the Gaza Strip. Jenrick avoided the question, but claimed ‘Israel doesn’t want to see innocent Palestinians suffer’. Derbyshire pointed out that the lack of water affects all Palestinians, not just Hamas.
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