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In reply to the discussion: Freed hostages speak, and the truth is coming out. [View all]Arazi
(8,727 posts)44. Yes. This is a long term grievance with the UN
This article is from 2014 but David Bosco is a historian and UN specialist whos provided a lot of information on the UNs lack of impartiality over many years, particularly in conflict zones. Israelis and others believe UNRWA has only grown closer with Hamas.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/in-gaza-and-other-war-zones-how-neutral-is-the-united-nations/2014/08/01/1013a4d4-18c4-11e4-85b6-c1451e622637_story.html
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The broader Israeli critique is that UNRWA nurses Palestinian grievances and has acquiesced to the militarization of the territory by extremists such as Hamas. In 2002, a spokesman for then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon called for an investigation of what he described as 30 years of abuse of refugee camps by the Palestinians and the United Nations bond of silence toward it.
Animated by similar concerns, the U.S. government has conducted investigations of UNRWAs operations on its own, and Canada recently redirected some of its funding from UNRWA to other channels. The discovery of Hamas rockets in several UNRWA schools during the current conflict quickly condemned by U.N. officials has only deepened the suspicions of Israels supporters that UNRWA is, in effect, aligned with Hamas.
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Of course it is. Again, them being involved with Hamas is among the least surprising things about all this.
tritsofme
Nov 2023
#18
"Oh I am sure that there are Hamas members on the UNRWA payroll and I don't see that as a crime."
Kennah
Dec 2023
#45
It means EXACTLY what it says. Steal someone's house and land and push them into ghettoes. Names don't matter.
artemisia1
Dec 2023
#49
It is the Ghetto they pushed them onto after stealing the rest of the land. They are now destroying it utterly.
artemisia1
Dec 2023
#51
Certainly lots of propaganda being posted, that's for sure, we may differ on who is posting it though
EX500rider
Dec 2023
#57
Names of land don't matter. It was the homes, orchards and lands stolen that do. Who cares if it was held by Turks or
artemisia1
Dec 2023
#58
Approximately 900,000 Jews were expelled from Muslim-majority countries between 1950 and 1980.
Beastly Boy
Dec 2023
#59
Welcome Sal_NV Have you ever read the story of the Pied Pipper or the science of lemmings? I am not often on this
debm55
Nov 2023
#25
Yes, I've read the Pied Piper, but never read the science of lemmings, but I do know the
Sal_NV
Nov 2023
#26
Lemmings rodent like creatures. In their group they literally follow their leader to the death. When the leader Jumps
debm55
Nov 2023
#30
We must be the same age . The 55 in my post name is the year I was born. Yes, explore and search. There is a pets forum
debm55
Nov 2023
#35
I was born in '46, right after the end of WWII, so I guess that make me a boomer baby/
Sal_NV
Nov 2023
#36