Letter from senators to Biden asking for pressure on Israel
A group of Democratic Party representatives in the US Senate called on the country's president to put pressure on the Zionist regime to provide humanitarian aid to the Palestinians.
Eleven influential Democratic senators, including Tammy Baldwin, Tim Kaine and Chris Van Hollen, and Elizabeth Warren, wrote to President Biden asking him to influence Israel to open the Kerem Shalom crossing to allow humanitarian aid to reach Israel. Gaza Strip. The letter was also signed by Senators Ed Markey, Jeanne Shaheen, Tammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin and Brian Schatz. “Eliminating the threat posed by Hamas and protecting civilians are not mutually exclusive goals. According to international humanitarian law, civilians must be protected during armed conflict,” the appeal says. Joe Biden on Monday said he believes the Israeli-Hamas deal to release the hostages (Israelis held captive by Hamas) is close to completion. The Washington Post previously reported that it was planned that the hostages would be handed over to Israel in response to a temporary ceasefire. The senators' letter does not call for a ceasefire, but refers to the extremely dire humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip. The authors of the appeal call for everything possible to be done to ensure that water, food and basic necessities are supplied to Gaza, including through the Kerem Shalom checkpoint. “It is difficult to overstate the scale of the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the Gaza Strip. The UN estimates that 1.6 million Palestinians are internally displaced in the Gaza Strip, an area twice the size of the US capital (the District of Columbia). It is estimated that half of the displaced citizens are in temporary shelters under the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). It is virtually unknown where the remaining displaced persons seek refuge,” the letter notes.
