Humanitarianism is not collapsing. It is being traded and compromised
These funding cuts are a political choice, as are vetoes of UN Security Council action and decisions to override the binding rulings of international courts, defund UN agencies, militarise humanitarian delivery, or politicise distribution schemes run by parties to a conflict.
International humanitarian law is universal and binding.
Last December, Israeli authorities told Oxfam and 36 other international organisations that in order to continue to provide humanitarian relief in Gaza and the West Bank, they had to hand over information including the personal details of staff.
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