Chinese state media rushed to the rescue of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). UNRWA is the United Nations relief operation for the Palestinian people, and much of its international funding has been suspended following shocking revelations that many of the agency’s staff are members of terrorist organizations such as Hamas and Islamic Jihad. And some directly participated in the October 7 atrocities against innocent Israeli civilians.
China’s state-owned Global Times on monday fired The controversy was sparked by the blithe acceptance of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ assurance that UN personnel involved in terrorist incidents will be held accountable.
“It must be emphasized that both the ongoing investigation and the results of future investigations should be dealt with on a case-by-case basis, without politicizing or exaggerating the issue. Precautionary measures must be taken to prevent serious secondary humanitarian disasters.” Global Times Exalted.
Communist Party of China newspaper Accidentally claimed UNRWA is the only means of delivering humanitarian aid to Palestinian civilians, so it is funded so that the bureaucracy can take the time to figure out exactly which Gaza Strip personnel belong to which bloodthirsty terrorist organizations. All sins of UNRWA must be forgiven without interruption of provision.
During the Trump administration, the U.S. suspended donations to the agency and also planned to propose alternatives. However, after the Biden administration took office, funding was gradually resumed and UNRWA took a cooperative stance. Apart from the change in Washington’s position, the main reason for this is that there is currently no alternative to UNRWA, which remains the only hope for Palestinian refugees. The international community condemns terrorism and there is broad consensus that “collective punishment” of Gaza residents who fight against terrorism is unacceptable and that humanitarian needs must be met. There is no need to take sides on this issue.
of Global Times The report praised UNRWA’s alleged “indispensable role” in providing humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian people, calling it the only way to “achieve a comprehensive, fair and durable solution to the Palestinian issue.” The meeting concluded by promoting a two-state solution.
Palestinians walk in front of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Beach Health Center building in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, July 26, 2018. (Wissam Nassar/Photo in association with Getty Images)
UNRWA already had a troubling history of working with Palestinian terrorists even before last week’s explosives scandal. I got caught Teach brutal hatred against Jews and glorify terrorism.Some of Hamas’ now infamous terror tunnels were built suspiciously close To the UNRWA facility.
of Global Times It made no mention of this in its apology to the embattled UN agency, and said the allegations leveled against UNRWA last week were far more serious than those reported in Chinese Communist Party newspapers. Ta.
israeli intelligence agency presented The US government has submitted documents documenting the active participation of more than a dozen UNRWA personnel in the atrocities, including the October 7 kidnapping and alleged mass murder.
Some of the suspects were reportedly caught discussing their participation in the massacre on cell phones and text messages. Ten of them were identified as active members of Hamas, and one was believed to be affiliated with another Palestinian terrorist organization, Islamic Jihad. Seven of the 12 suspects were employed as teachers in UNRWA schools. One of those teachers was accused of collaborating in the kidnapping of an Israeli woman and distributing ammunition to the October 7 terrorists.
The Biden administration was sufficiently spooked to almost immediately hang Funding UNRWA – A step that was probably very reluctant due to bad press from a humanitarian perspective and because Biden’s predecessor Donald Trump also stopped funding UNRWA.
14 other countries soon Followed suit, including Germany, which is the second largest donor to UNRWA after the United States.others It contains UK, Japan, Canada, Australia.
Israel Hayom report Monday revealed a much longer list of Hamas operatives collecting big salaries from UNRWA, widespread fraud in the agency’s programs for Palestinian refugees, and examples of UNRWA staff celebrating the October 7 massacre. It was announced that more shoes would be unloaded soon.
October 27, 2023: In the aftermath of Hamas’s attack on Kibbutz Kfar Azha, one of the areas hardest hit by Hamas’s October 7 onslaught (Giri Yaari/Nur Photo, via Getty Images) )
“In Israel, government officials are suspected of participating in the sexual abuse of strip-strapped Israeli hostages.” Israel Hayom Added. Israeli newspapers have suggested that given the growing wave of allegations against UNRWA, the next stage in the scandal could be angry accusations against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government for not shutting down UNRWA sooner. .
UN Watch Executive Director Hillel Neuer on Monday demolished In a defense of UNRWA’s “few bad apples” promoted by apologists like China, the latest revelations show that approximately 1,200 UNRWA personnel “are actual ‘operatives’ of Hamas or Palestinian Jihad.” he pointed out.
Neuer also cited Israeli intelligence estimates that nearly half of UNRWA’s staff have “relatives with official ties to Hamas or other terrorist organizations.”he referred to his own organization discovery A group of around 3,000 UNRWA teachers said on the messaging platform Telegram celebrating the October 7 atrocities.
“The group’s UNRWA officials shared photos and video footage of these events and prayed for the terrorists’ success and the destruction of Israel, in clear violation of UN rules,” UN Watch reported. .
