May 9, 2025 (Axios) –
The
Why it matters: Israel has frozen all shipments of food, water and medicine to
- Israel and the
U.S. have been trying to get international donors and theUN on board with the new approach. - The
Emirati position is particularly significant as theUAE has been one of the primary countries providing humanitarian aid inGaza since the war began.
Zoom in: The
- The Israeli government and the Trump administration hoped the country would agree to participate in the new
Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), thus encouraging other countries to join the initiative. -
President Trump will visitAbu Dhabi next Thursday on hisMiddle East trip and is expected to discuss the war inGaza withEmirati leaderMohammed bin Zayed .
Behind the scenes: On Thursday, Gen.
- Alian discussed the
UAE's humanitarian aid operations inGaza and laid out the way the GHF is supposed to work. - Al-Hashimy made clear that "as it stands," the new aid mechanism does not fulfill the
UAE's requirements. -
The UAE Foreign Ministry and the Alian's spokesperson declined to comment.
Driving the news: Former executive director of the World Food Program
- Beasley's leadership would give it significant credibility and could convince the
UN and other international aid organizations to work with the new foundation. - According to memo sent to potential donors about the establishment of the GHF, the new aid mechanism will initially stand up four "Secure Distribution Sites," each built to continuously serve 300,000 people — 1.2 million Palestinians in the initial phase, with capacity to expand past 2 million.
- According to the memo the IDF "will not be stationed at or near the locations of the humanitarian hubs in order to "maintain the neutral and civilian-facing nature of operations."
The other side: The
- "It is dangerous, driving civilians into militarized zones to collect rations, threatening lives, including those of humanitarian workers, while further entrenching forced displacement," they wrote.
What they are saying:
- "
President Trump thinks one of the most urgent things is to get humanitarian aid into Gaza...food needs to be distributed safely insideGaza andHamas shouldn't be able to steal it," he said. - Huckabee said the aid mechanism will be a partnership of governments, NGO's and non profits from around the world. He claimed several partners agreed to take part, but said he couldn't name them yet.
- "There is good initial response. This response will only get stronger as we are able to start getting the resources and moving the supplies into
Gaza ," he stressed.
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