Tuesday, November 10, 2026

11/10 Links Pt1: Will Trump Change the U.S.-Israel Relationship?; Israel's Problem with Arab Parties Isn't that They're Arab; Polls Find Most Americans Think Conflict with Iran Was Justified

From Ian:

Michael Doran: Will Trump Change the U.S.-Israel Relationship?
The assertion that America is fighting Israel's war rather than its own replaces an assessment of American interests with a theory of foreign manipulation. Yet the assertion explains nothing about how the U.S. would secure its interests once it abandons the policies and partnerships its critics reject.

Can Washington reach an accommodation with the Islamic Republic that reliably prevents it from acquiring nuclear weapons? If not, should it accept a nuclear-armed Iran? What would that outcome mean for the balance of power in the Middle East, and for the larger balance of power with China?

The purpose of American grand strategy is to maintain an international order that makes American freedom possible. That requires preserving the foundations of American power and prosperity: military superiority, economic dynamism, the dollar's central role in international finance, technological leadership, and secure energy supplies for the U.S. and its allies.

In the Middle East, oil is only part of the story. The Gulf monarchies command vast pools of capital increasingly important to artificial intelligence, data centers, and the infrastructure of the digital economy. Their sovereign wealth funds are major investors in global financial markets. They are also among the largest purchasers of American weapons, helping sustain the defense-industrial base on which American military power depends.

President Trump seeks to maintain American primacy without occupying countries or assuming responsibility for their internal political transformation, relying instead on economic coercion, selective military force, diplomacy, and capable regional allies. The objective is maximum American influence with the minimum necessary American military footprint.

That approach requires a regional balance in which Iran cannot dominate its neighbors. Iran has attacked American military installations across the Middle East, damaging aircraft, radar systems, communications equipment, and other infrastructure worth billions of dollars. Its missiles and drones threaten the bases through which the U.S. projects power. The U.S. is therefore confronting a challenge to its own military position and regional influence, quite apart from its obligations to Israel.
Report: U.S. Military Aid to Israel Won't End This Year
A week after President Trump said he and Prime Minister Netanyahu had agreed to end U.S. military aid to Israel by the end of this year, Ynet and Yediot Ahronot have learned that in the emerging security memorandum of understanding with the U.S., American military assistance to Israel will not end immediately.

Instead, the direct military aid will continue for five years after 2028, after which it will end entirely.

At the same time, U.S. funding for joint air and missile defense development is expected to rise from the current $500 million annually due to the increasing threat from drones and missiles.

The goal is to finalize a new agreement by the end of this year, before the new Congress takes office in January. However, Congress will still have to appropriate the aid funding each year.

Negotiations are being conducted by teams from both countries. The money is used to purchase weapons produced by U.S. defense companies.

Some members of Congress oppose reducing assistance to Israel since much of the money is ultimately spent in their own states and supports American defense manufacturers.
Secretary of State Rubio: Iran War Was "the Right Thing to Do"
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday regarding the war in Iran: "The President of the United States identified a very real threat to this country that's existed for a very long period of time, and he addressed it. And he addressed it even though, oftentimes, the right thing to do for the country...isn't necessarily popular but necessary."

"At the end of the day I think we can all agree...there used to be bipartisan acknowledgment that a nuclear Iran would be completely unacceptable and dangerous for the United States - not just Israel, not just the Middle East - the whole world and the United States."

"So I think the President took on something that other presidents have failed to do. And sometimes when you do the right thing - I don't know if it's popular or not, but it's the right thing to do. And presidents are elected to do the hard things - sometimes difficult things, but necessary things."
Polls Find Most Americans Think Conflict with Iran Was Justified
When wars cause major political shifts, they usually involve ground combat leading to thousands of American casualties, not a temporary $1.50-a-gallon increase in the price of gasoline, which costs a typical household about $20 a week. If that's enough to bring about a political sea change, then the electorate has lost all rationality, and presidents will be constrained to wait for an attack on U.S. soil before taking military action to defend America.

The Harvard CAPS/Harris polls asked if the Iranians were negotiating in good faith. 65% of respondents said no. Should the Iranians be allowed to control the Strait of Hormuz? 67% said no, including a majority of both parties. Should Iran be permitted to obtain a nuclear weapon? 85% said no. Was the U.S. justified in using force if the Iranians refuse to yield on these key issues? 63% said yes. The war has dragged on when voters wanted it to be won - and they still do.

Mr. Trump and his administration need to explain to Americans the reason we took on the Iranian regime, which is the world's biggest state sponsor of terrorism and is responsible for the deaths of thousands of Americans over the past 47 years.


Tom Gross: Israel's Problem with Arab Parties Isn't that They're Arab
Opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot, a former army chief of staff, faces a formidable challenge in assembling a governing majority after the Israeli Knesset elections. He will need to reach an agreement with Israel's two main Arab parties.

The reluctance of mainstream Israeli political parties to enter coalitions with the Arab parties is not evidence of an inherently discriminatory political system. It stems from serious policy differences, not ethnicity.

The Arab parties are conservative, Islamist or nationalist, and do not share many of the values of mainstream Israeli parties.

Some have refused to describe Hamas as a terrorist organization, despite the Oct. 7 massacre, in which Israeli Arabs were also killed and kidnapped.

Almost all of Israel's mainstream parties have had Arab or Druze members of the Knesset.

Labor MK Raleb Majadele became Israel's first Muslim Arab cabinet minister in 2007. Ahmad Tibi, a hardline Palestinian nationalist, served as deputy speaker of the Knesset.

But for Israel's mainstream parties, what matters most when contemplating a coalition with the Arab parties is agreement about the very foundations of a Jewish state and its security.
The keffiyeh brigade won't like the awkward truth behind Israel's democratic election and the 'messy' political situation that has followed
Israel's biggest critics, who routinely accuse it of “apartheid”, will struggle to explain how this same country just held an election in which Arab citizens helped produce a result that could give their representatives a crucial role in shaping its political future.

The political deadlock means parties will have to abandon previously non-negotiable positions if another election is to be avoided.

Netanyahu's opponents may have to reconsider serving under him, while those who rejected cooperation with the predominantly Arab parties could face equally uncomfortable choices.

Likewise, ultra-Orthodox parties that vowed to demand a law be passed preserving draft exemptions for yeshiva students before joining any government may have to relent, while other parties that promised not to compromise on universal conscription may have to do just that.

We've already seen signs of compromise, with Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman recently dropping his long-standing objection to forming a government with haredi (ultra-Orthodox) parties.

Israel has been here before.

Between 2019 and 2021, it held four elections in two years before Naftali Bennett assembled an unlikely coalition, including Ra'am, that ended Netanyahu's 12-year rule.

But that government lasted barely a year.

It’s a messy situation, but it also represents democracy in action. Israeli politicians are struggling to form a government because voters have denied them the numbers they need.

Now contrast all that with the Palestinian Authority, where Mahmoud Abbas continues to govern despite his presidential term having expired in 2009, and Palestinians have not voted in national elections for two decades.

When Australia recognised the “State of Palestine” last year, it pointed to commitments from the Palestinian Authority to undertake democratic reforms, including holding elections – but the elections scheduled for November 2026 have now been postponed until September 2027.

Yet when Senator James Paterson asked Foreign Minister Penny Wong during Senate estimates whether Australia would revoke recognition if those commitments were not honoured, her answer was unequivocal: “No, we have recognised the state of Palestine.”

Australia has given the Palestinian Authority the recognition it wanted, without waiting for the democratic reforms it promised.

That's hardly an incentive for reform.

Israelis have spoken, even if their politicians can’t work out precisely what they've said.

The result may be messy, frustrating and politically inconvenient, but that is democracy in a region where it’s all too rare.

It doesn't always deliver the government people expect, or even the government they want.

But it does deliver the representatives they choose.
JPost Editorial: Israel's 26th Knesset must restore dignity, accountability, and public trust
Parliamentary responsibility, however, goes far beyond the speaker. MKs are elected to scrutinize government decisions, examine budgets, serve on committees, and produce laws that withstand proper debate. Opposition members are obligated to challenge the government seriously, while coalition members must be willing to answer criticism and exercise independent judgment.

In a country confronting the threats that Israel faces, both from within and without, these duties are especially important. Families of reservists, small business owners, and citizens waiting for public services need a functioning legislature, whatever the outcome of the coalition negotiations.

Nobody expects the Knesset to be free of heated arguments, nor should it be. Political disagreements are an essential part of any healthy democracy, and the issues facing Israel will inevitably produce fierce debate. But there is no reason why those disagreements should so frequently descend into personal attacks, shouting matches, and disputes that bring parliamentary proceedings to a halt.

MKs must fulfill their duties to the people
The oath taken on Tuesday should therefore mean more than photographs and congratulations. New MKs will have to learn the responsibilities of their office, while returning members should ask whether the example they have set is one worth following.

The Israeli public has just participated in an emotional and important election, with a strong turnout, despite exhaustion and uncertainty. Voters have fulfilled their democratic responsibility; now it is the turn of those elected.

As the new MKs take their oaths, they have the opportunity to demonstrate that parliamentary standards can be upheld, political differences debated with respect, and the Knesset restored to its rightful place as an institution serving the entire country.

For the 26th Knesset, and for the Israeli public that elected it, that would indeed offer a new hope.
Ask Haviv Anything: 160: Eisenkot’s impossible trap – the case for a unity government, with Micah Goodman
Episode 160: Israel voted, and nobody won. Gadi Eisenkot gets the first shot at forming a government, and there’s no easy path to one.

Micah Goodman returns to the podcast with an argument the anti-Bibi camp won’t want to hear: the only way out is a unity government with Netanyahu. Bibi gives up Ben Gvir and the Haredi parties, the opposition gives up replacing him, and Israel gets a government with enough domestic legitimacy to put down the growing chaos at home and turn its battlefield wins into regional normalization. He gives it a 40% chance.

Haviv gives it zero. After “no tricks, no shticks” in 2020, what could Netanyahu promise the other side that anyone would believe? And Israel’s tradition, after all, is to crash first and rebuild after.

00:00:00 Introduction and the coalition question
00:03:45 Why consider a national unity government?
00:06:28 Israel’s military gains and diplomatic costs
00:08:25 Turning battlefield gains into regional opportunities
00:10:19 Why a unity government could change the diplomatic landscape
00:14:10 The political risks of a unity deal
00:19:49 Netanyahu’s political future: liberty and legacy
00:22:50 The 2020 unity government and the trust problem
00:25:18 Netanyahu’s trial and the possibility of a pardon
00:30:39 What options does Eisenkot really have?
00:37:47 Internal disorder and the need for political legitimacy
00:45:46 Unity government as a response to political extremes
00:48:12 Can Netanyahu be trusted to keep a deal?
00:50:14 Political paralysis and preparing for what comes next
00:52:48 Israel’s history of unity governments
00:54:13 Closing thoughts


Netanyahu accuses Arab parties of undermining Jewish state at Knesset swearing-in ceremony
Benjamin Netanyahu has ranted against the Arab political parties in his speech after the Knesset’s swearing-in ceremony, alleging: “The only difference is that they disagree on what kind of state will be established here on the ruins of the Jewish state.”

Netanyahu addressed the possibility of Mansour Abbas’ United Arab List and Yousef Jabareen’s Joint List joining a government led by Gadi Eisenkot.

He questioned their motives, stating, “What is the true goal of these parties? Merely to improve the social conditions of the Arab public in Israel? We have no problem with that.

“But that is not their real goal. To those who want to form a government with them, I ask you: do you not understand what they really want to achieve? What is their national aspiration?”

Although Jabareen’s Joint List has not expressed an intent to join any government, but rather pledged to provide a safety net against Netanyahu’s bloc, the prime minister continued: “The only difference is that they disagree on what kind of state will be established here on the ruins of the Jewish state: whether an Islamic state modeled after the Muslim Brotherhood like Hamas in Gaza, or a nationalist Palestinian state modeled after Fatah.”

Netanyahu also said that Israel will now face “international pressure to accept a nuclear Iran.”

During the ceremony, Jabareen, leader of the Arab-majority Joint List alliance, was sworn into the Knesset.

As he uttered the words “I swear,” National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir shouted, “Swears allegiance to Hamas!”

Some new Joint List MKs left the chamber after being sworn in, before the playing of “Hatikva,” Israel’s national anthem.

President Isaac Herzog also spoke at the ceremony, praising Israeli society as “magnificent and incredible,” but noting, “within it are moral blemishes that wound its beautiful face.”

He stressed, “There is no place for racism against anyone, and there is no place for violence … not in the hilltops of Judea and Samaria, not in the city streets, not in schools, nowhere, and it must be eradicated with all our strength.”


Hillel Neuer: Anita Anand can stop Iran from being acclaimed to UN body shaping women’s rights
On Wednesday morning, the United Nations General Assembly is poised to rubber-stamp the election of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Committee for Programme and Coordination, which sets priorities for the world body’s work on women’s rights, human rights, disarmament and counterterrorism.

Unless someone objects, this travesty of justice will happen by acclamation, without a vote, in a matter of seconds. Canada can stop it. Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand should instruct our ambassador in New York to call for a vote, and rally fellow democracies to vote No.

Recall how we got here. On April 8, Canada and all other members of the 54-nation UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) nominated Iran to the committee by consensus. The chair invited members to speak. Only the United States took the floor, declaring Iran unfit and dissociating itself from the decision.

Every other member stayed silent — including Canada, Britain, France, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, Norway, Finland, Switzerland, Austria and Australia. That silence is what placed Iran on the slate now before the General Assembly.

The UN decision sent a dangerous message because only months earlier the Islamic Republic of Iran had massacred tens of thousands of its own citizens for the crime of protesting. This is a regime that hangs dissidents, tortures political prisoners and jails women for showing their hair. And democracies waved it through for a committee that helps shape the UN’s agenda on gender equality.

When UN Watch exposed their silence, the story reached millions. Ottawa’s response was not to fix the error, but to spin it.

On April 19, Global Affairs Canada posted that Iran “was nominated as part of the Asia-Pacific Group,” that Canada “did not endorse or vote for this nomination,” that “there was no vote, as per established procedures,” and that the committee is merely “an advisory body with no decision-making role.” X readers promptly attached a Community Note correcting the record.

The truth is that regional groups propose candidates, but under ECOSOC’s own rules, it is the council’s members who formally nominate. Canada sits on that council and joined the consensus — which is an endorsement. There was “no vote” only because Canada, like every democracy except the U.S., chose not to request one. And the committee the government belittles is described by the UN itself as the main subsidiary organ of the General Assembly for planning, programming and coordination.

Canada knows exactly how to object. In April 2022, at the very same council, Canada took the floor to dissociate from the election of a Russian national, explaining that it would not provide “tacit endorsement” of the appointment. In 2010, Canada, Australia and the EU campaigned to help East Timor defeat Iran for a seat on the board of UN Women. The tools exist. What was missing on April 8 was the will.

Yet in that same April 20 post, Global Affairs declared: “Canada does not support Iran for positions of influence within the United Nations. We will continue to actively work with partners to counter Iranian candidacies.”
US to become first nation to fully shun a UN Human Rights Council review
The United States is set Tuesday to become the first country to fully shun a regular review of its human rights record at the UN’s top rights body since it was created two decades ago.

The Trump administration last year pulled the US out of the Human Rights Council, accusing it of an anti-US and anti-Israel bias and alleging that it didn’t uphold the very values it promotes.

Supporters back the council’s mandate to keep tabs on human rights in all UN member states, including the US, which has drawn criticism for its policies, including strong-arm deportations and targeted killings of alleged drug-runners in the Caribbean and Pacific — which the administration has said are designed to protect US workers and help keep the country safe.

The Geneva-based council regularly examines the rights records of all 193 UN member states — generally about every four to five years — as part of a process known as the universal periodic review.

The United States, under Trump, already skipped its appointment for its review a year ago. The scheduled November 2025 review was pushed back until Tuesday in hopes that the US government might change its mind.

It did not.

“(W)e give no credibility to the agency,” a State Department spokesperson said in an email to The Associated Press.

“This irredeemable body makes a mockery of human rights through consistent failures to uphold its own ‘values’ as it pushes anti-American rhetoric,” the spokesperson said, alleging the council’s “persistent failure to condemn the most egregious human rights violators.”

The council says the process requires participation of the country in question, and in the case of an absence of any national representatives, the review cannot go forward.


Iran unveils massive underground 'missile city' as IRGC warns of violent global response
Iran unveiled what it claimed was its new missile city on Tuesday. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) showed off the underground site, which included ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and their launchers. This coincides with Qatar’s recent attempts to act as a mediator between the US and Iran, as well as a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Qatar’s Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani.

The site, which cannot be verified and may or may not be brand new, was shown on Iran’s Tasnim News Agency. Iran’s Maj.-Gen. Ali Abdollahi, chief of staff of Iran’s armed forces, and Brig.-Gen. Majid Mousavi, commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force, toured the facility. The previous commander of the space force, Amir Ali Hajizadeh, was killed in 2025 during the conflict with Israel.

“Advanced missiles will surprise enemies with their battlefield impact,” Abdollahi said, according to Rudaw. Iran International reported that Abdollahi warned of retaliation beyond the Middle East if Iran was attacked once again.

“If the enemy makes another move against us, our response will extend beyond the region,” he said.

Missile city filled with medium-range ballistic missiles with boosters, warheads
Various reporting sites examined the images that Iran showed. Osint613 noted that “Fattah-1 medium-range ballistic missiles appear to fill the underground missile city. Separately displayed maneuvering reentry vehicles were observed alongside complete missiles fitted with boosters and warheads.”

Expert Tal Inbar also discussed the Iranian imagery and missiles online. “Maneuverable RV (a reentry vehicle) for Iranian missile Khiber Shekan. It seems like the RV developed for Fateh-1. Frame from a new video released today by Iran,” he noted. “At the underground ‘missile city,’ there were also old missiles with the plain conic RV.”

The underground city also appeared to contain commercial trucks, which are used by civilians to transport goods. The truck, however, is outfitted with a missile in the back. The missile can be obscured, allowing the truck to disguise itself as a civilian vehicle. When needed, the missile can be raised to a launching position from the back of the truck.
US: Iran-backed group member helped plan Fairford attack
A member of an Iran-backed group plotted to attack the RAF Fairford air base in Britain while detained in the US on criminal charges, the US Justice Department said on Tuesday.

Iraqi national Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi attempted to pass coded messages to two other alleged Iran-backed operatives through phone calls to immediate family members from jail in New York, prosecutors said.

Al-Saadi had previously pleaded not guilty to eight criminal counts including conspiracy to provide material support to Kataib Hezbollah, an Iran-backed group which the US considers a terrorist organization.

A lawyer for Al-Saadi did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

In a court filing on October 14, Al-Saadi's lawyers said the prosecution's assertion that he was using coded language during phone calls with family was speculative and based on questionable translations from Arabic. They said there were banal explanations for conversations the prosecution flagged as concerning.
Three men indicted for nearly 20 Iran-backed terror plots across US, Europe, including attack on London synagogue
An eight-count indictment against two Iranians and an Iraqi was unsealed on Tuesday, charging the trio with almost 30 terror attacks in the United States and Europe, including a plot last month against a British air force base, where U.S. troops were stationed, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday.

“The defendants listed in the indictment allegedly supported two foreign terrorist organizations,” stated Todd Blanche, U.S. attorney general.

Kash Patel, director of the FBI, stated that the “eight-count indictment shows the determination of Iran to commit terrorist attacks in Europe and the United States.” One of the three defendants, who is in jail awaiting trial, “allegedly sent coded messages to assist in future acts of violence,” Patel said.

Those “coded” messages were allegedly shared with family members over the phone, according to the Justice Department. The defendant allegedly told his sister, using a pseudonym for a co-conpirator, “what are they doing about all our old work,” to which she said, “it isn’t cancelled.”

“To date, the subjects have been allegedly involved in nearly 20 attempted attacks throughout Europe and the United States in support of Kata’ib Hizballah and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, two U.S. designated foreign terrorist organizations,” Patel said.

The three suspects are Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi (a dual Iranian and Iraqi national), Mohsen Mohajeri (Iranian) and Mohammed AIi al-Hassani (Iraqi). They range in age from 32 to 48.

Mohajeri and al-Hassani face up to 90 years and life in prison, and al-Saadi faces up to 110 years and two life sentences, according to the Justice Department.

“The threat presented by Iran and Iran-backed terrorist groups to America and our allies is not hypothetical,” stated Jamie McDonald, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York. “It is very real.”

The superseding indictment alleges that Al-Saadi coordinated with al-Hassani and Mohajeri, who were in Iran, while he was in jail awaiting trial on terror charges in the Southern District. In September, al-Hassani allegedly led a plot against the Royal Air Force Base in Fairford, in Gloucestershire, the Justice Department said.

Al-Saadi, a longtime Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps operative, was charged in May for planning some 18 terror attacks in Europe and “attempting to bomb a synagogue in New York,” the department said.


Israel to build 500-km Jordan border barrier, expand settlements in major Defense Ministry plan
Israel's Defense Ministry is advancing a major strategic initiative along the country's eastern border, particularly in the Jordan Valley, aimed at strengthening security while expanding civilian communities and infrastructure, Walla reported on Monday.

The plan, coordinated by the Defense Ministry's Eastern Region Directorate under Brig.-Gen. (res.) Mordechai Benita, is based on lessons learned from the October 7 attacks and identifies local residents and communities as an integral part of Israel's national defense strategy.

The initiative is being led by the defense minister and the ministry's director-general through two main channels: Maj.-Gen. Eran Ofir, who oversees construction of the physical border barrier, and Benita, who is responsible for advancing civilian projects and coordinating government ministries.

Defense Ministry advances NIS 5.5 billion barrier along Jordan border
The centerpiece of the security plan is a comprehensive new border barrier stretching approximately 500 kilometers along Israel's border with Jordan, at an estimated cost of NIS 5.5 billion.


Israel to expand Iron Beam integration as laser system set for bigger role in warfare by year's end
Israeli laser defense systems will be more integrated for any war scenarios by the end of 2026, sources told The Jerusalem Post.

Many in the Israeli public were puzzled that the Iron Beam laser defense system did not play a larger role in providing air defense to Israel during the early 2026 war with Iran.

On May 1, the air force said that the Iron Beam laser defense system was used less in the 2026 war with Iran because the military needs 14 batteries to have a significant enough impact.

Previously, on March 12, the IDF had acknowledged that it was not using the Iron Beam laser regularly during the Iran war.

The admission came even though various forms of Iron Beam were used to shoot down around 40 Hezbollah drones in fall 2024.

Israel building additional Iron Beam platforms
The Post understands that Israel is making strong progress in building additional Iron Beam platforms compared to December 2025, when it made its first announced deployment.

This could mean the laser would be used more actively for air defense in any future conflict with Iran or Hezbollah, though still in tandem with the Iron Dome.


Israel Helped Prepare Gaza for the Winter, Still Got Blamed for Flooding
Several media organizations have pointed the accusatory finger at Israel as the singular cause of the destruction and sorrow that came in the wake of the recent rainstorm that hit the Gaza Strip and flooded displaced Palestinians in their tents.

CNN focused on Israel not letting construction materials and vehicles into the coastal enclave (as these have dual-use purposes and can be co-opted by Hamas) while the BBC quoted a UN official who also blamed the damage on Israeli restrictions. Similarly, Al Jazeera echoed Hamas’ claim that Israel was “fully responsible” for the “disaster” that had taken place in the Gaza Strip as Reuters also gave the internationally-designated terror organization space to lay blame at the feet of the Jewish state.

However, while it is easy for Hamas, the United Nations, and certain media outlets to find Israel at fault for the suffering of displaced Gazans during the heavy rains that hit the Gaza Strip over the weekend, this is far from an accurate portrayal of who is aiding the people of Gaza to protect themselves from the rain and cold and who is leaving them to brave the elements alone.

Since September 4, 2026, roughly two months before the recent storm, COGAT (the Israeli Ministry of Defense body responsible for humanitarian coordination in Palestinian areas) has been posting on social media the steps it was taking in anticipation of the upcoming winter in the Gaza Strip.

These steps, taken in coordination with a variety of international aid organizations, included facilitating the entry of tents and shelter equipment, engine oil, generators and lights, medical equipment and supplies, tarpaulins, winter clothing, vacuum trucks, portable toilets, and spare vehicle parts.

By the time the storm arrived this past weekend, COGAT affirmed that over 91,000 tents and 8,200 trucks full of winter necessities had entered the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the winterization campaign in September.

In addition to the importation of items intended to keep Gazans safe during the winter months, COGAT stated that it was aiding in the repair of Gaza’s infrastructure, including the “drainage of sewage channels,” road repairs, and fixing the water and electricity infrastructure.
Gaza Residents Accuse Hamas of Blocking Distribution of Winter Supplies
"Hamas terrorists and criminals are taking advantage of the winter," a Gaza resident told Israel Hayom. "They sell tents at high prices and prevent anyone else from trading in tents or winter aid supplies, keeping the entire business to themselves....Hamas is using the suffering caused by winter to raise donations through media campaigns."

Palestinian social media activist Hamza al-Masri wrote, "How much longer will the distribution of aid, tents, money and sponsorships for orphans remain without accountability or transparency?...Why do some displacement camps receive preferential treatment over others? Why are residents reporting that 'senior officials' arrive in SUVs at local government offices, collect three tents and leave, while families in need are knocking on doors and cannot find even a single tent?"



 



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