Aid groups petition Israeli court to let them keep working in Gaza...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : More than 20 organizations will continue to operate after complying with the new regulations, it said.
56% : International charities play a vital role alongside the United Nations and other aid providers, according to Athena Rayburn, the executive director of AIDA, an umbrella organization representing over 100 groups operating in the Palestinian territories.
51% : TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) -
43% : Israel says it will ban 37 aid groups by March 1.
43% : They say the ban violates Israel's obligations as an occupying power and shows "extreme unreasonableness and lack of proportionality.
42% : The petition argues that the new rules violate international law, that Israel, as an occupying power, has the obligation to ensure food and medicine reach people.
40% : The vast majority of Gaza's 2 million residents rely on aid groups for food, water, health care, shelter and other essentials after Israel's two-year offensive destroyed much of the territory.
38% : Last year, Israel imposed a ban on the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, the largest aid provider in Gaza, that has hindered its activities.
36% : It also says Israel does not have the authority to shutter organizations in areas under the nominal control of the Palestinian Authority.
36% : Israel accused UNRWA of having allowed itself to be infiltrated by Hamas, allegations denied by the agency, which says it takes extensive measures to ensure its neutrality and acts quickly to remove any known militants from its staff.
34% : (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana, File) Aid groups that refuse to comply say they fear what Israel might do with the personal data of their employees, noting that hundreds of aid workers have been killed in Israeli strikes during the war.
34% : Israel blames civilian casualties on Hamas, whose Oct. 7, 2023, attack triggered the war, and whose fighters operate in densely-populated areas.
33% : Seventeen international aid groups said Tuesday they have petitioned Israel's Supreme Court to allow them to keep working in the Gaza Strip and other Palestinian areas, where Israel is set to bar them for refusing to comply with new rules.
31% : Israel denies targeting aid groups.

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