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List of aid groups working in Gaza that Israel is suspending

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel says it’s suspending humanitarian organizations that have failed to meet its new rules to vet international groups working in the Gaza Strip.

They include some of the world’s most prominent and outspoken aid organizations, including Doctors Without Borders.

The suspension begins Jan. 1. International organizations have said Israel’s rules are arbitrary and could endanger staff. Israel has accused militant groups of operating under the cover of international organizations, something the groups deny.

The Israeli defense body that oversees humanitarian aid to Gaza, COGAT, said that the organizations on the list contribute less than 1% of the total aid going into the Gaza Strip, and that help will continue to enter from organizations that did receive permits to continue operating in Gaza.

Here are the groups affected:

1. Action Against Hunger

2. ActionAid

3. Alianza por la Solidaridad

4. Campaign for the Children of Palestine

5. CARE

6. DanChurchAid

7. Danish Refugee Council

8. Handicap International: Humanity & Inclusion

9. Japan International Volunteer Center

10. Medecins du Monde France

11. Medecins du Monde Switzerland

12. Medecins Sans Frontieres Belgium

13. Medecins Sans Frontieres France

14. Medecins Sans Frontieres Nederland

15. Medicos del Mundo

16. Mercy Corps

17. MSF Spain

18. Norwegian Refugee Council

19. Oxfam Novib

20. Premiere Urgence Internationale

21. Terre des hommes Lausanne

22. International Rescue Committee

23. WeWorld-GVC

24. World Vision International

25. Relief International

26. Fondazione AVSI

27. Movement for Peace-MPDL

28. American Friends Service Committee

29. Medico International

30. Palestine Solidarity Association in Sweden

31. Defense for Children International

32. Medical Aid for Palestinians UK

33. Caritas Internationalis

34. Caritas Jerusalem

35. Near East Council of Churches

36. Oxfam Quebec

37. War Child Holland

Beijing bans 4 New Zealand lawmakers from entering China because they visited Taiwan

By WTOP Staff
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Beijing banned four New Zealand lawmakers from traveling to China for a year and demanded they apologize because they visited Taiwan on a parliamentary trip, according to a message from the Chinese embassy conveyed via parliamentary officials and shown to The Associated Press on Thursday. China has hit lawmakers from other countries with sanctions related to contact with Taiwan before, but it's the first time for New Zealand parliamentarians, the government in Wellington said. Beijing has been increasing pressure in recent years on the democratically governed island that it claims as its own territory. Two lawmakers reached by the AP on Thursday rejected the demand for an apology, while the other two could not be immediately reached. New Zealand's government said it would express concern about the travel bans to Beijing. The elected officials visited Taipei in May, as New Zealand parliamentarians have done “for decades,” a spokesperson for Foreign Minister Winston Peters said in a statement.
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