The United Nations (UN) Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) today rejected a plan by Israel’s authorities to shut down the existing aid system in Gaza.

“We do not accept a proposal and a plan that does not live up to the core fundamental humanitarian principles of impartiality, neutrality, and independent delivery of aid,” said OCHA Spokesperson, Jens Laerke in Geneva.

Israel’s plan is “designed to further control and restrict supplies, which is the opposite of what is needed,” Laerke added.

Earlier, a leader at Norway’s powerful Labour Organisation (LO) trade union told Reuters said the Northern Europe country’s  $1.8 trillion wealth fund should divest from all companies that aid Israel in the occupied Palestinian territories, intensifying an ongoing divestment campaign

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