The integrated approach to humanitarian aid/development/peace (the ‘triple nexus’ in humanitarian aid jargon) was highlighted by Spain’s Secretary of State for International Cooperation, Pilar Cancela Rodriguez, on Tuesday 21 November, as a priority of the Spanish Presidency of the Council in terms of development policy, a priority that is emblematic of a major problem to be resolved in the war between Israel and Hamas in Palestine.
“In very complex situations, we always need to...