The headline makes Israel look like a humane state: "Israel to Allow Building Materials Into Gaza".
But then the details: "JERUSALEM — Under pressure from the United Nations amid a mounting economic and humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, Israel has agreed to restart the transfer of construction materials to Gaza on Tuesday after an eight-week hiatus.
But then the details: "JERUSALEM — Under pressure from the United Nations amid a mounting economic and humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, Israel has agreed to restart the transfer of construction materials to Gaza on Tuesday after an eight-week hiatus.
But the building supplies will be allowed in only for United Nations projects, which employ a fraction of the thousands of construction workers who have been idled, and negotiations to resolve Gaza’s fuel shortage have not yielded significant results.
“We are increasingly concerned about the situation in Gaza deteriorating,” Robert H. Serry, the United Nations’ special envoy for the Middle East peace process, said in an interview."
