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.
CIJA (#Canada’s #AIPAC) is suing the Canadian government for restoring #UNRWA funding to feed starving children, just light & love from these guys: #cdnpoli
Japan on Tuesday said it will lift its suspension of funding to the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) as the relief body works to regain trust after an allegation by Israel that some of its staff were involved in Oct. 7 attacks on Israel....
L’Europe va rendre aux Gazaouis l’argent de l’UNRWA !
l’Union européenne annonce qu’elle va transférer à l’UNRWA les fonds qu’elle a retenus à la suite des accusations d’implication du personnel de l’agence le 7 octobre dernier. La présidente de la Commission européenne, Ursula von der Leyen, a déclaré dans un communiqué que « les Palestiniens innocents ne devraient pas avoir à payer pour les crimes du Hamas ».
On attend — pas trop longtemps, on espère — que Macron en fasse autant, ce qu’il n’a pas encore annoncé.
For people in countries that have suddenly suspended UNRWA funding, PLEASE contact your MP or representative. I've contacted mine today.
I want to know why the UK government has intervened in an ongoing investigation in Gaza, why its suspension of funding extends to the West Bank, and what are its conditions for resuming funding of desperately needed humanitarian aid by the agency that is today sheltering most Palestinians in Gaza. #Gaza#genocide#UNRWA#complicity
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.
"A month after allegations that a dozen United Nations staff were involved in the October 7 Hamas attack, UN investigators have yet to receive any evidence from Israel to support the claims.
"The allegations against the 12 employees of the UN Relief and Works Agency #UNRWA led 16 major donors to suspend contributions totalling $450 million at a time when more than two million Gazans are facing famine."
"Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is deeply alarmed by the decision of some countries to suspend their funding to #UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, which is a lifeline for millions of Palestinians in Gaza Strip, the West Bank and the region."
The current #UNRWA crisis is a good opportunity to clear up some misunderstandings.
Chief among them is that Palestinians are somehow getting beneficial special treatment by having their own agency in UNRWA rather than being included in UNHCR's mandate.
This is nonsense to start with, because the origin of that setup is not special treatment but the simple fact that UNRWA predates the establishment of UNHCR.
For the longest time, this suited Israel just fine, because UNRWA's mandate is actually WEAKER than UNHCR’s.
Israel has taken significant steps in recent weeks on allowing aid into Gaza, the U.S. special envoy for humanitarian issues said on Tuesday, but considerable work remained to be done as the risk of famine in the enclave is very high....
UN Human Rights Commissioner has found that there are “reasonable grounds” to believe Israel is committing genocide in the Gaza Strip, according to a report released on Monday. The expert said there are clear indications that Israel has violated three of the five acts listed under the UN Genocide Convention.
"It is my solemn duty to report on the worst of what humanity is capable of and to present my findings," Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Occupied Territories, told the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday.
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.
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.
Seit fast einem Monat liegen die Zahlungen Deutschlands an das UN-Palästinenserhilfswerk auf Eis. Hintergrund waren Vorwürfe gegen UNRWA-Mitarbeiter, in den Angriff der Hamas auf Israel verwickelt gewesen zu sein. Nun sollen die Gelder wieder fließen.
Japan resumes funding to embattled Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA (www.reuters.com)
Japan on Tuesday said it will lift its suspension of funding to the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) as the relief body works to regain trust after an allegation by Israel that some of its staff were involved in Oct. 7 attacks on Israel....
Famine risk in Gaza very high, especially in north, US official says (www.reuters.com)
Israel has taken significant steps in recent weeks on allowing aid into Gaza, the U.S. special envoy for humanitarian issues said on Tuesday, but considerable work remained to be done as the risk of famine in the enclave is very high....