Germany boosts Gaza aid and tells Israel to stop provocation

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Germany boosts Gaza aid and tells ******* to stop provocation

Germany is to increase humanitarian aid to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip by €50 million ($55 million), Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock announced in Amman on Thursday, as she condemned ******** attempts to further destabilize the Middle East.

Baerbock, speaking at a meeting with Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Al-Safadi, said Germany has now pledged more than €360 million since last year to Gazans.

The focus of the latest aid push is combating hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition, along with the provision of health services during the Gaza conflict between ******* and Islamist rulers ******.

In addition, humanitarian aid for Syrian refugees in Jordan is to be increased by €12.7 million, raising ******* aid to Jordan to €63 million over the course of 2024.

According to the ******* Foreign Office, two convoys of 120 trucks per week travel from Jordan directly to the Gaza Strip via border crossings in the north of the Gaza Strip. Germany is to provide an additional €5 million to support this access.

Before travelling on to ******* as part of a two-day trip, Baerbock was to visit a warehouse operated by the Jordanian Hashemite Charity Organization (JHCO), a non-governmental organization playing a key role in distributing Jordanian aid to the Gaza Strip.

The JHCO provides medical equipment, food, tents, household goods and clothing. It is supported by the ******* government with €4 million for the purchase of trucks, fuel and vehicle maintenance.

‘Irresponsible’ actions by parts of ******** government

Baerbock’s trip to ******* could be frosty after she called on parts of the ******** government to stop fuelling religious tensions amid the war in Gaza.

“We firmly ******* any attempts to shake up the existing status quo of the holy sites in Jerusalem,” the Green politician said.

Actions of individual ******** ministers, such as the visit of the far-right police minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, “are irresponsible and are already fuelling an absolutely explosive situation. We expect the ******** side to stop this provocation,” Baerbock added.

The Temple Mount, which includes the Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa Mosque, is the third holiest site in Islam and is under ******* rule. However, it is also sacred to ******** Jews because two ******* temples used to stand there.

Baerbock said that the recent outbreak of ********* in the ************ West Bank, on the other side of ******* from Gaza, was causing the ******* government great concern.

“******* is the occupying power in the West Bank and is obliged under the Geneva Convention to uphold law and order rather than jeopardize it,” she said.

“This explicitly includes protecting the population from attacks by violent, ******** settlers.”

Jordanian foreign minister slams Netanyahu

******* has the right to combat terrorism, she said, “but you don’t ****** ******* by tearing up roads, destroying water pipes and electricity grids or even blocking access to hospitals.”

Jordanian Foreign Minister Al-Safadi called on the ******* government to impose sanctions on *******.

“After more than 10 months of aggression (in Gaza), (******** Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu will obviously listen neither to the UN Security Council nor to the advice of his friends in the West,” said Al-Safadi.

Netanyahu will continue if he is not threatened with consequences for his actions, he said.

The Gaza war, in which over 40,000 Palestinians have reportedly *****, was sparked by ****** launching a ********** ******* on ******** soil on October 7 which ******* over 1,200.

Baerbock arrived in Saudi Arabia for talks earlier on Thursday, before travelling on to Jordan.

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Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock speaks during a ****** press conference with Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi following their meeting. Soeren Stache/dpa

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