Those who refuse to play by Israel’s rules are increasingly being frozen out, several international aid workers told The New Humanitarian. “Divide and conquer is their strategy.”Since October 2023, Israel has used visa approvals and renewals to exert pressure on UN agencies and aid organisations. “We don’t provide staff lists to a party to the conflict that has killed humanitarian workers in record numbers. “What we’re finding in general is that this whole thing is just very arbitrary and capricious,” the second aid worker said. “It’s also sowing, within the sector, mistrust, resentment, and fear,” the first aid worker said.