Israeli protesters, including members of the radical bloc, demonstrated on Tuesday night outside a Tel Aviv hotel where they learned members of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation leadership are staying.
According to one activist who took part, the conductor Ilan Volkov, the protesters organized the demonstration on the fly after finding out that GHF CEO John Acree, spokesperson Chapin Fay and senior team members are staying there. Volkov said that about 50 people participated. They held signs reading "GHF = death and starvation" and "Genocide Hunger Foundation."
"They call it aid, but it's part of the machinery of extermination," said Volkov. "Every day they operate under this false humanitarian cover, more Palestinians die of hunger or are shot trying to survive. We refuse to let them hide in comfort while Gaza starves."
A statement from the protesters said that the GHF "forces millions of starving Palestinians to march for hours into militarized killing zones, where thousands have been shot dead while trying to reach food. Despite this, and deliberately in order to concentrate Gaza's population, it operates only four food distribution points, while its public relations campaign hides the organization's role in sustaining the siege and manufacturing mass starvation." It added, "We will find them, follow them, and disrupt them everywhere until the siege ends, free food flows to Gaza, and GHF is dismantled."
