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groundloop

(11,913 posts) Tue Jul 23, 2024, 09:17 AM Jul 23

Outcry as Israeli parliament approves bill declaring UN relief agency 'terrorists' [View all]

Source: The Independent

The Israeli parliament on Monday gave preliminary approval to a bill declaring a UN relief agency working for Palestinian refugees a terrorist organisation.

The bill, sponsored by Israeli politician Yulia Malinovsky, accused the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) of acting as a “fifth column within Israel”. The bill claimed many of UNRWA’s staff were members of terrorist groups like Hamas and Islamic Jihad, though no evidence was provided.

UNRWA, which offers essential services to millions of Palestinians, has faced increasing opposition from Israel, which has called for its dissolution.

This vote marks a significant escalation in Israel’s efforts to dismantle the agency, despite international pushback and some donor countries resuming funding, in the wake of Hamas’s 7 October surprise attack that sparked the ongoing war in Gaza. UNRWA suspended 12 workers accused of taking part in the attack.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israeli-parliament-un-palestine-gaza-terrorists-b2584168.html

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Outcry as Israeli parliament approves bill declaring UN relief agency 'terrorists' [View all] groundloop Jul 23 OP

Order families into as "safe space," bomb the safe space, order families to move to a different "safe space." Martin68 Jul 23 #1

You make it sound like those orders are random and capricious Beastly Boy Jul 23 #10

If they are doing anything to aid a single member of Hamas, then they are terrorists The Mouth Jul 23 #2

I have seen no evidence that the UNRWA aids terrorists or Hamas. It is always possible that an employee stepped Martin68 Jul 23 #5

Sure, if you don't count that whole storing weapons on their grounds.. EX500rider Jul 23 #8

You assume UNRWA knew about the storage of the weapons? Could you provide details to back that up? Martin68 Jul 23 #9

Right.. EX500rider Jul 23 #12

You may not have seen the evidence, but UNRWA certainly had. Beastly Boy Jul 23 #11

So the makes UNRWA a "terrorist organization?" Incompetent or naive, perhaps, but that's absurd. Martin68 Jul 24 #13

Negligent at best, complicit at worst Beastly Boy Jul 24 #15

That's a significant difference. Throwing the words "terrorist organization" willy nilly undermines the credibility Martin68 Jul 24 #16

That's what I said in my post. Beastly Boy Jul 24 #17

Fucking monstrous. alarimer Jul 23 #3

Which part? This bill? maxsolomon Jul 23 #4

Netanyahu and Israel's conduct alarimer Jul 23 #6

The US and multiple other countries cut off aid in response to the allegations. maxsolomon Jul 23 #7

All countries apart from the US have now resumed funding muriel_volestrangler Jul 24 #14