UNRWA. It's like this...
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Sweet, I also thought the UN was reviewing itself. Maybe it’s the other other review that is a self review?
The actual review of UNRWA and the Israeli evidence (or non-evidence, or lack of evidence?) with respect to collusion between UNRWA members & Hamas (?) that hasn’t been released yet?
My point is, the UN and its organs are a fucking joke and a half.UNRWA is Palestine only.
The commercial with Ukrainians is for UNHCR.
Eight UNRWA employees arrested by Israel over Hamas ties
Out of approximately 12,000 UNRWA workers in Gaza, 440 are active in the military arm of Hamas, meaning terrorists currently fighting against the IDF.m.jpost.com
Out of approximately 12,000 UNRWA workers in Gaza, 440 are active in the military arm of Hamas, meaning terrorists currently fighting against the IDF.
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Report says Israel hasn't proved alleged widespread UNRWA staff links to Hamas
Palestinians receive flour distributed by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in Gaza on Mar. 03, 2024. Photo: Ashraf Amra/Anadolu via Getty Images)
A UN-appointed independent commission of inquiry said in its report published on Monday that "Israel has yet to provide supporting evidence" to its claim that many of the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) staff in Gaza are members of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad terrorist organizations.
Why it matters: The inquiry was launched in response to allegations from Israel that 12 of UNRWA's employees were involved in the attack. More than a dozen countries that support the organization's work, including the U.S., suspended their funding as a result.
- The agency has for decades been the main organization that delivers humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza.
- Guterres also launched an independent inquiry that focused on broader questions about UNRWA's performance, management and neutrality in Gaza. The investigation, which released its report today, was headed by former French foreign minister Catherine Colonna.
- "Israel made public claims that a significant number of UNRWA employees are members of terrorist organizations. However, Israel has yet to provide supporting evidence of this," the report said.
- The Israeli government has not informed UNRWA of any concerns relating to any UNRWA staff based on these lists since 2011, the report says.
- The report adds that in meetings with Colonna's team, Israeli officials said they didn't consider the sharing of the staff list to be a security screening or vetting process, but "a standard procedure for the registration of UN and diplomatic staff to ensure their privileges and immunities."
- The Israeli Foreign Ministry also told the commission of inquiry they had received staff lists without identification numbers, hindering their ability to assess the list. In March 2024, UNRWA gave the Israeli government a list that contained staff ID numbers, which was the basis for Israel's claims, the report said.
- Israel's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Oren Marmorstein claimed in a statement Monday that more than 2,135 UNRWA workers are members of either Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad and alleged one-fifth of UNRWA school administrators are Hamas members.
- "Hamas has infiltrated UNRWA so deeply that it is no longer possible to determine where UNRWA ends and where Hamas begins," he said, adding that the report "ignores the severity of the problem, and offers cosmetic solutions."
- Marmorstein said Israel calls on the donor countries to refrain from transferring their taxpayers' money to UNRWA in Gaza and to transfer their funds to other humanitarian organizations in Gaza.
- A government funding bill approved by Congress in March bans the U.S. from funding the relief agency until at least 2025.
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So the ones who were fired for their involvement in the October 7th attack and the shipments of rockets that have been seized after being smuggled in with UNRWA trucks were fake? I bet it was the deep state. All that horrifying video was just Artificial intelligence, right? And I suppose all that video of Hamas having working headquarters under the UNRWA building was fake, too.
UNRWA is squeaky clean!
It's all Israeli propaganda.
Gotcha!
UNRWA is squeaky clean!
It's all Israeli propaganda.
Gotcha!
Anywho UNRWA as a division of the UN on Friday, the UN General Assembly — which every year passes more resolutions condemning Israel than all other nations on earth, combined — voted in favour of granting UN membership to a yet-to-be created Palestinian state, by a margin of 143 to 9 with 25 abstentions, including Canada.
The U.S. voted against it, suggesting the motion will also fail when it’s put before the UN Security Council, which has the power to enact UN resolutions.
That’s because the U.S., as one of five permanent members of the Security Council, can unilaterally veto any resolution put before it, as can the U.K., France, China and Russia.
While the U.S. which, like Canada, supports a so-called two-state solution to resolve the Israeli/Palestinian conflict eventually, it also knows that granting Palestinian statehood now would, in effect, reward Hamas for its terrorist attack on Israel on Oct. 7, during which it murdered 1,200 innocent civilians as well as torturing, raping and kidnapping hundreds more.
The reality is that neither Israeli MP Benjamin Netanyahu nor the leaders of Hamas want a two-state solution, and that many members of the UN General Assembly — although they would never say it out loud — are in favour of a one-state solution.
That is, an Israel ethnically cleansed of Jews by its enemies — “Judenfrei” as the Nazis once called it. Yeah I know, Godwin’s Law. Inevitable I guess. No guilt involved…
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The U.S. voted against it, suggesting the motion will also fail when it’s put before the UN Security Council, which has the power to enact UN resolutions.
That’s because the U.S., as one of five permanent members of the Security Council, can unilaterally veto any resolution put before it, as can the U.K., France, China and Russia.
While the U.S. which, like Canada, supports a so-called two-state solution to resolve the Israeli/Palestinian conflict eventually, it also knows that granting Palestinian statehood now would, in effect, reward Hamas for its terrorist attack on Israel on Oct. 7, during which it murdered 1,200 innocent civilians as well as torturing, raping and kidnapping hundreds more.
The reality is that neither Israeli MP Benjamin Netanyahu nor the leaders of Hamas want a two-state solution, and that many members of the UN General Assembly — although they would never say it out loud — are in favour of a one-state solution.
That is, an Israel ethnically cleansed of Jews by its enemies — “Judenfrei” as the Nazis once called it. Yeah I know, Godwin’s Law. Inevitable I guess. No guilt involved…