Again, about 800,000 people, half of #Rafah's population, are forced to flee due to the Israeli invasion.
The claim that civilians in Gaza can go to safe areas is false
Humanitarian organizations no longer have resources such as food and essential items to prepare
The time has come to agree on a ceasefire and any further escalation will cause more suffering to civilians.
I feel like Joseph should be a little more concerned. Celebrities from Cardi B to Macklemore are publicly criticizing his policies with the latter putting out a wildly popular Hind's Hall with the lyrics "The blood is on your hands, Biden, we can see it all. And fuck no, I'm not votin' for you in the fall"
"We immediately & urgently need safe passage for #humanitarianaid & workers" -#UNRWA *more clashes & shelling in Jabalia refugee camp.
“Bombardments & other evacuation orders have created more displacement & fear for 1,000s of families” in the N. There’s nowhere to go. There’s NO safety w/o a ceasefire.”
Mon: another staff member had been killed in Gaza, bringing the number of staff killed in the war to 189."
Israël en pleine confusion après des attaques antipalestiniennes et des manifestations pour une trêve
L’#UNRWA a annoncé fermer temporairement son quartier général de #Jérusalem-Est après deux incendies criminels, jeudi 9 mai, et des manifestions de l’extrême droite israélienne. Parallèlement, d’autres #manifestations, en faveur d’un cessez-le-feu, se multiplient à Tel-Aviv.
Jérusalem-Est: les bureaux de l’Unrwa cibles d’une tentative d’incendie par des «extrémistes israéliens».
L’attaque a été menée par « de jeunes extrémistes israéliens », affirme l’agence des Nations unies pour les réfugiés palestiniens. Un acte complètement assumé par le maire adjoint israélien de Jérusalem. Il se réjouit de cette attaque et affirme qu’il y en aura d’autres. L’objectif selon lui est de « débarrasser sa ville d’une organisation nazie ». https://www.rfi.fr/fr/moyen-orient/20240510-j%C3%A9rusalem-est-bureaux-unrwa-tentative-incendie-par-des-extr%C3%A9mistes-isra%C3%A9liens #Terrorisme
Das UN-Palästinenserhilfswerk UNRWA schließt sein Büro in Ostjerusalem - zumindest vorerst. Das Leben der Mitarbeitenden vor Ort sei bei Fällen von Brandstiftung in ernster Gefahr gewesen.
After une petite fight with the #music streaming services and public pushback, Macklemore’s Hind Hall has been added, stream, download, you know what to do; all proceeds go to #UNRWA to help Palestine:
Women always bear the brunt of war and widowed mothers with no way out of #Rafah are scrambling. They were told to go to the #UNRWA shelters and then Israel bombed them:
Earlier today, Israeli settlers launched an attack on the #UNRWA headquarters in occupied #Jerusalem, setting fire to its surroundings. Israeli authorities have not intervened or made any arrests among the Israeli attackers.
UN agency says closing east Jerusalem HQ after arson by ‘Israeli extremists’ (Alarabiya News, 2024-05-09)
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“‘This evening, Israeli residents set fire twice to the perimeter of the #UNRWA headquarters in occupied east Jerusalem,’ agency chief Philippe Lazzarini said on X, formerly Twitter, lamenting that it was the second attack on the compound in a matter of days.”
“Thursday’s arson attempts marked ‘an outrageous development,’ Lazzarini said. ‘Once again, the lives of UN staff were at a serious risk’.
“‘In light of this second appalling incident in less than a week, I have taken the decision to close down our compound until proper security is restored.’”
The savagery and violence of some Israeli citizens needs to be reigned in. Maybe if their police forces weren't busy assaulting families of the hostages protesting for a ceasefire to bring their relatives home, they could bring some rule of law to their citizenry.
Without strong action by the Israeli government, we should consider them a failed pariah state, not 'the only democracy in the mideast'
Philippe Lazzarini is the Commissioner-General of #UNRWA