saying the world should not make the same mistakes seen in past violations of international law, when it wasn’t “called out soon enough”.

Tom Fletcher, in an interview with The Associated Press, said his forceful speech this week to the UN Security Council was meant to highlight what he views as the “eroding” of a rules-based order in Israel’s bombardment of Gaza and months-long blockade of lifesaving aid. He also blasted a new US-backed proposal to deliver aid to Palestinians amid the 19-month-long war as “dehumanising”.

“I’m not a lawyer. I’m a humanitarian. My job is to get the aid in, to get the attention of the world, to help create the conditions to get that aid in and save as many lives as possible before it’s too late,” Fletcher said Wednesday.

“But I also want to make sure that we aren’t making the mistake that was made with previous massive breaches of international law, where it hasn’t been called out soon enough,” he added. (The Gleaner)