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Peace activists from the Standing Together organization on Sunday helped secure humanitarian aid trucks from Jordan as they passed through the West Bank on their way to Gaza, despite efforts by extremists to stop them.
Some 50 activists from Standing Together — a left-wing coexistence, peace and social justice movement — went to the Tarqumiyah Crossing in the southwestern West Bank close to the border with Israel, through which humanitarian aid trucks from Jordan pass on their way to Gaza in order to confront the extremists attempting to block the convoys.
Far-right activists and settlers have attacked aid convoys passing through the West Bank and destined for Gaza on several occasions since the beginning of April. National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, who has authority over the police, has faced accusations that he does not want the force to prioritize protecting the convoys and ordered them to treat those attacking the trucks with a light hand.
“Last week, settlers and far-right extremists succeeded every day in stopping humanitarian aid trucks, they did whatever they wanted and no one bothered them, they attacked people, left them bleeding on the road, and destroyed the aid,” Standing Together director said...