With an election looming, will politicians finally listen to the majority who want to divest from Israeli arms companies, asks Oslo academic Sindre Bangstad

<article data-history-node-id="426109" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-army-has-killed-more-1000-palestinians-seeking-aid-late-may" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-army-has-killed-more-1000-palestinians-seeking-aid-late-may" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli army has killed more than 1,000 Palestinians seeking aid since late May</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>More than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces while trying to access food in Gaza since the US and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation started operations, the United Nations said on Tuesday.&nbsp;<br> <br> “⁠The horrific physical and psychological deaths and suffering caused by hunger are the result of Israel’s interference in the delivery and militarisation of humanitarian aid,” the UN statement reads.&nbsp;<br> <br> "As of July 21, we have recorded 1,054 people killed in Gaza while trying to get food; 766 of them were killed in the vicinity of GHF sites and 288 near UN and other humanitarian organisations' aid convoys," UN human rights office spokesman Thameen Al-Kheetan told AFP, stating the victims had been killed by the Israeli military.</p> </div> </div> </article>

I utlandet er den økonomiske eliten ofte utdannet ingeniører. I Norge er de siviløkonomer.

The entire population of Gaza faces a critical risk of famine, with half a million of them facing starvation, a global hunger monitor said on Monday, calling this a major deterioration since its last report in October.