Notes
1 The number of people receiving food aid from URNWA has increased ten-fold in the last fifteen years. Infant mortality has increased last year for the first time in five decades. For more figures on Gaza’s current status see UNRWA, Gaza Emergency (https://www.unrwa.org/gaza-emergency) and UNOCHA, Gaza page and situation reports (http://www.ochaopt.org).
2 In September 2016 Obama agreed to increase annual aid to Israel from 3.1 billion USD every year to 3.8 billion. See Ziad Jilani. 14 September 2016. Benjamin Netanyahu Added 100,000 Settlers. Now the U.S. Rewards Him With Largest Aid Package Ever. The Intercept. https://theintercept.com/2016/09/14/benjamin-netanyahu-added-100000-settlers-now-the-u-s-rewards-him-with-largest-aid-package-ever/