Israel—a terrorist state committing genocide in Palestine backed by the US, Canada, and the UK—has just destroyed the office building of the Belgian Agency for Development Cooperation in Gaza as retaliation a day after Belgium announced it would continue to fund the vital humanitarian work of UNRWA.
What, exactly, does the US, Australia, the UK, Germany, Canada, etc, think will happen with their blocking funding to the #UNRWA What do they want to happen? They fired the people accused (nothing proven, just allegations) and they've started an investigation?
They are contributing to genocide. We are all guilty if we don't stop our governments from this insanity
After 18 years of #hamas control of #Palestinians , is it impossible to suggest the only people that remain living in #gaza were families or infrastructure supporting #terrorists?
Hamas declared #jihad on #israel, October 7th 2023 from the streets of Gaza.
Hamas took 200 + #hostages from around the world on October 7th 2023.
The #ICJ ruling followed so swiftly by 11 countries withdrawing funding from the #UNRWA (ie, cutting aid reaching Gaza) is despicable beyond words.
I have never ever felt so profoundly alienated. From those in power in my countries (UK and Germany) from the majority consensus, from my family. We are not the good ones.
The International Court of Justice #ICJ ruled past friday that there's a plausible risk of genocide in #Gaza, and it gave specific instructions to #Israel to prevent a genocide. Those measures also imply other members of the Genocide Convention, such as the US, Canada, UK, etc.
Still, instead of following the court ruling, the Western nations have decided to cut funding to the UN humanitarian relief agency #UNRWA, that implies furthering the risk of genocide.
The Israeli media is once again publishing/recycling IMPACT-se produced reports, claiming to provide evidence of the connection between the curriculum taught in #UNRWA schools and the atrocities committed on October 7, which it claims are a reflection of years of education encouraging hatred in these schools.
The UN responded to these unsubstantiated or misleading allegations earlier this year, and provided a report prepared by the Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research.
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong has announced the temporary suspension of funding for the UN’s relief agency in Gaza following allegations staff were involved in Hamas’ October 7 attacks.
The stories keep coming and going and people keep forgetting about them and moving on they fall flat for the next lie coming out of this genocidal regime and it's supporters
I honestly can't understand why we just let this to go on. Abs so many people ignore every outrageous crimes committed by them.
HRW said that the decision by 18 governments to suspend funding to UNRWA comes months after Israeli authorities cut off essential services, including water and electricity to Gaza.
Israeli forces are deliberately blocking the delivery of water, food, and fuel, willfully impeding humanitarian assistance & razing agricultural areas.
Unless governments reverse their decisions to suspend aid to UNRWA, they risk contributing to the current catastrophe.
UNRWA head denies knowledge about Hamas data centre found in tunnels under UN agency’s Gaza headquarters
The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees has denied any knowledge of a sophisticated Hamas data centre found by Israeli troops in tunnels underneath the agency’s Gaza headquarters.
#UNRWA / Philippe Lazzarini interview with Haaretz: “Israel did not provide us with evidence for suspicions against employees, we expect full cooperation”
Lazzarini says #Israel has not provided substantive evidence to back its accusations against UNRWA employees and dismissal of the organization's neutrality. He calls for full cooperation from Israel in investigating the claims.
Despite Israel not providing full intelligence report; Lazzarini says he fired 10 of them immediately based only on a verbal briefing from Israel's Foreign Ministry.
Israel did not raise any issues with the list of all UNRWA employees that is shared annually. The 12 suspected employees were included on the latest list from May 2023.
Lazzarini questions the claims that 10% of UNRWA Gaza staff are linked to Hamas, saying they have not received this information and don't know the source.
He argues UNRWA has limited ability to detect Hamas tunnels under its buildings in Gaza, as it lacks military expertise and mandate.
He denies claims of widespread diversion of UNRWA aid to Hamas, saying aid is distributed directly to families without intermediaries. He acknowledges he can't fully rule out some aid being taken and resold on black market.
But it puts into #law that the #USA will cut off #funding for #UNRWA, despite #VanHollen's efforts. Imo it increases funding and legal protection for #Israel, and continues the administration's illegal (treaty law) support.
Melissa Barrera Incites More Controversy With New Social Media Posts, Sparking Heated Debate at WME (variety.com)
Melissa Barrera is under fire over new social media posts, prompting her reps at WME and Sugar23 to explore dropping the actress as a client.