By Malu Cursino BBC News


A group of UN agencies have called for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza as conditions worsen in the territory.

The World Food Programme (WFP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) were among five agencies who described the situation in Gaza as “catastrophic” in a joint statement.

The UN’s plea for a de-escalation of the conflict comes as Israel warns of intensified strikes on Gaza.

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        9 months ago

        It’s money. They even throw money at influencers now to stop covering Palestinian stories so their genocide can go unrecorded.

        They lobbied the US government and military for years and Trumpers see them as the perfect apartheid state and a handbook on how to go forward without anyone who isn’t white or (fake/their version of) Christian basically. Although ironically, they also hate them for being Jewish, but drool at their tech and arms.

        Europe is terrified for their Jewish civilians and the optics of not supporting them after WWII. Once Israel went too far, they tried to be levelheaded, but it didn’t work/worked partially.

        In the long run, Europe is getting shafted again. They have to keep the peace between their Muslim, Jewish civilians AND their own Nazi extremists.

        Terrorism will rise again on all sides and they can’t just shoot innocent people like the US.

        Let’s face it. Europe is not the answer to anything that’s not 3 feet away from them. They even have a saying: a-far-from-my-bed-show. They will do just the minimum for optics.

        But hey, US gets to play war again huh?

        It’s more complicated than that obviously. But I just got up.