Trump’s Gaza Board Threatens International Law — IMEU Policy Project

Sen. Bernie Sanders: “Israel is forcing Doctors Without Borders & dozens of other humanitarian groups to end their work in Gaza. Countless innocent people rely on these services amid the ongoing crisis there. This is yet another cruel, inhumane step from the extremist Israeli government.”

The announcement specifically names the distribution of humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza as a duty of the multinational force under Jeffers’ command. This raises renewed concern that the multinational force will militarize the distribution of aid like the Israeli military did under the GHF scheme.

The militarization of humanitarian aid violates the humanitarian principles of humanity, impartiality, neutrality, and independence–just as Israel’s weaponization of food through the GHF did.

The naming of Jeffers as the commander of the multinational force should trigger Congressional oversight of the US military’s activities in Gaza, including the War Powers Resolution.