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20 Feb, 6 tweets, 3 min read
Israeli forces have destroyed Irish aid donated to Palestinian families in repeat demolitions of a village in the West Bank.
My story here: irishtimes.com/news/world/eur…
📷 @NRC_Norway and @btselem
In the last three months in the village of Humsah -- home to roughly a dozen families who raise sheep and goats -- Israeli forces have destroyed almost 70 structures donated by the EU and members states as humanitarian aid, according to the European Commission.
This Tuesday, the Israeli army broke up and seized shelters that had just been donated as EU aid in front of a group of diplomats from donor countries who were visiting the spot.
This happened after the EU and Ireland had issued statements condemning demolitions in the village.
The visiting diplomats present for this week's seizure of aid were from France, Poland, and two from UK. Five animal shelters funded by the EU, UK, and nine member states including Ireland were seized, according to umbrella EU aid partnership the West Bank Protection Consortium.
Aid groups say it shows Israel is indifferent to strongly worded statements. The WBPC has urged Ireland and donors to "take concrete steps to hold Israel accountable for the destruction of humanitarian aid".
Joint EU action on the issue is reliably blocked by some member states.
"This kind of thing happens in a context of near total impunity, in which really, really serious breaches of international law are met with strongly worded statements but nothing beyond that," said Conor O'Neill of Christian Aid.
Full story here: irishtimes.com/news/world/eur…

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