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In reply to the discussion: AOC: US aid to UNRWA should resume immediately [View all]
sarisataka
(22,696 posts)4. If this was a one time occurrence
I would agree.
However the UNRWA has a long documented history of connections to terrorist groups, antisemitism and promoting violence. The UNRWA is an obstacle to peace and should be dissolved.
Palestinians can be aided by the UNHRC, like all other refugees in the world.
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12 that are known so far, a very in depth investigation needs to be done first
MarineCombatEngineer
Jan 2024
#3
Kind of reckless imo to believe the improbable in a time of crisis. Or create a crisis in the first place.
AloeVera
Jan 2024
#116
Let's defund Israel too, since it might be committing genocide and war crimes as we speak.
AloeVera
Jan 2024
#133
Apparently 6,000,000 Jews were "regular genocide" but 15,000 Gazan's are "super genocide"
EX500rider
Jan 2024
#127
Triage is needed. We better get on the infinto ultra magnus super duper genocides and the doubleplus mega genocides
TheKentuckian
Jan 2024
#120
Apparently 6,000,000 Jews were "regular genocide" but 15,000 Gazan's are "super genocide"
EX500rider
Jan 2024
#128
Those of us that are supporting a temporary pause in funding until a complete investigation is finished
MarineCombatEngineer
Jan 2024
#28
So no children were killed by Hamas? Wait, wait, I know. The IDF killed Israeli children?
Kennah
Jan 2024
#98
If true, then the aid should be firmly in place with another agency before support for withdrawn.
Magoo48
Jan 2024
#38
My problem is not with you. I am not accusing you of anything. It's Israel's actions and policies I criticize.
AloeVera
Jan 2024
#124
Apparently they are "refugees" from the British Mandate (or the Ottoman Empire)
EX500rider
Jan 2024
#129
One Of My Grand-Kids, In the Midst Of The Terrible Twos, Was Asked If 'No' Was All He Could Say
The Magistrate
Feb 2024
#137
What Impressed Me, Sir, Is That He Recognized A Trick Question With No Good Answer
The Magistrate
Feb 2024
#140
Where was all of this "proper oversight" to date and what is supposed to pass for it now?
TheKentuckian
Jan 2024
#77
That will take months. Meanwhile Palestinians will die without food, water, and medicine.
Lonestarblue
Jan 2024
#34
This problem has been known for years by the UN and they refused to address or rectify the problem.
MarineCombatEngineer
Jan 2024
#36
Yes, and I've got to wonder if that's being negotiated even as we speak.
MarineCombatEngineer
Jan 2024
#41
Billions that Netanyahu made sure got through to Hamas in order to execute his divide and conquer gambits
Celerity
Jan 2024
#108
There is intelligence that one in ten workers have significant links to extremist groups, including Hamas
LetMyPeopleVote
Jan 2024
#94
More reasons to halt funding until the UN finally addresses this and puts in place
MarineCombatEngineer
Jan 2024
#95
What is indefensible is that the primary sourfce of humanitarian aid to Palestinians
Beastly Boy
Jan 2024
#5
Is this a quote from the TV series Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous?
MarineCombatEngineer
Jan 2024
#10
UNRWA is endemically corrupt and an agent of Hamas. They shouldn't get a single penny further of our taxpayer dollars.
tritsofme
Jan 2024
#13
Yes, I thought corruption was very very bad and corrupt organizations must be taken over and transformed.
betsuni
Jan 2024
#54
You've described precisely the very tactic Hamas is using on its own people.
Torchlight
Jan 2024
#19
Her points agree with international charities, and the ICJ ruling about preventing genocide should be recalled
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2024
#32
"Saying "another UN organization can take over" ignores the reality of operating in a war zone."
EX500rider
Jan 2024
#42
Because the poster I was replying to wants the Red Cross etc. to do all the distribution, repair etc. in Gaza
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2024
#47
Low level - not 200 killed per day in indiscriminate bombing and shelling
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2024
#48
The UNHCR does not have a mandate to operate in the Palestinian territories
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2024
#63
Perhaps Hamas Could Declare One, Unilaterally and Unconditionally, And Abide By It
The Magistrate
Jan 2024
#75
However, it's not the provision of aid to refugees in Israel that's the topic of this thread
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2024
#78
Why, yes, I do think the IDF would continue if there was a unilateral ceasefire by Hamas
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2024
#89
1,200 of Unrwa's roughly 12,000 employees in Gaza have links to Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad,
LetMyPeopleVote
Jan 2024
#93