Aug 20, 2026 · 35 min · 14 segments
Humanitarian crises are often understood through the lens of immediate need: more aid, more access and more funding. But ODI Global’s new report…
Hala Al KaribGuest
Sara PantulianoHost
Dustin BarterGuest
Athena RayburnGuest
Unfortunately, the international humanitarian system has more than a tendency.
That is what's happened internationally to our structures over decades and now is what is happening with these organizations.
If you think the term itself is so problematic because there's this transitive sense that we are localizing, basically confining into a certain typology these sort of local forms of mutual aid and support that really are rooted in genuine solidarity where we're trying to make them look a bit more like the way the system operates.
I think that the report argues that the status quo is just no longer tenable, and it calls for a humanitarian system that is politically aware without becoming politically partisan.
You have been highly critical of Israel's manipulation of aid and accessing Gaza.
Considering this ever-increasing manipulation of aid in Gaza, and particularly also elsewhere, what should humanitarian actors be doing instead?
Unfortunately, the international humanitarian system has more than a tendency.
That is what's happened internationally to our structures over decades and now is what is happening with these organizations.
If you think the term itself is so problematic because there's this transitive sense that we are localizing, basically confining into a certain typology these sort of local forms of mutual aid and support that really are rooted in genuine solidarity where we're trying to make them look a bit more like the way the system operates.
I think that the report argues that the status quo is just no longer tenable, and it calls for a humanitarian system that is politically aware without becoming politically partisan.
You have been highly critical of Israel's manipulation of aid and accessing Gaza.
Considering this ever-increasing manipulation of aid in Gaza, and particularly also elsewhere, what should humanitarian actors be doing instead?
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