Letter
It's too early to discuss 'what next' for Gaza
It is far too early to even begin to contemplate “ what next” for Gaza, which is now the theme of much well-intentioned commentary. There is barely a ceasefire, with Israel killing dozens of Palestinians over the past few days, and looking for every “Hamas did it” pretext to kill more.
People are still starving to death, with the arrival of only limited food supplies. There are no functional hospitals. There are no foreign press to witness the carnage. And it is utterly unclear what the Trump plan now envisages.
Now more than ever we should be applying all possible pressure on our government to sanction Israel and bring its leaders to justice; and to get international aid agencies and the UN full, unfettered access to bring emergency food and aid into Gaza.
— Richard Barnes from Melbourne