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Board of Peace touts progress as Palestinians’ situation worsens

From Al Jazeera · () English

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  • Athena Rayburn, executive director of the Association of International Development Agencies, describes worsening conditions in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip.
  • More than two million Palestinians in Gaza have been confined to about 104 square kilometers, while access to water, food, electricity, medicine and shelter remains severely limited.
  • Rayburn says the situation has become “untenable and catastrophic” despite the U.S.-backed Board of Peace touting progress.

More than two million Palestinians have been corralled into roughly 104 square kilometers in Gaza, where daily life has become, in Athena Rayburn’s words, “untenable and catastrophic.”

Rayburn, executive director of the Association of International Development Agencies, describes conditions in both the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip in an episode hosted by Steve Clemons. In Gaza, Israeli forces consistently bomb the densely confined population, she says.

The basic requirements of life are increasingly difficult to obtain. Clean water, food, electricity, medicine and durable shelter are all hard to come by, while Israel imposes severe restrictions on humanitarian aid and the groups trying to deliver it.

Against that backdrop, the U.S.-backed Board of Peace continues to tout progress. Rayburn’s account presents a starkly different picture of the situation on the ground, where restrictions and bombardment have made life impossible for millions of Palestinians.

Untenable and catastrophic

· Athena RayburnThe humanitarian official described conditions facing Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
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