Philippe Lazzarini says closure would have ‘devastating consequences’ and calls for investigation into deadly strike

A campaign is under way to drive the UN relief agency for Palestinians, Unrwa, out of existence, its commissioner general has said, days after 18 people were killed when Israeli jets bombed an Unrwa school in Gaza.

Philippe Lazzarini said in an interview that the Israeli government was seeking to close down the agency, having failed to persuade western donors to stop funding it on the grounds of allegations about links between Unrwa staff and Hamas.

“This deliberate attempt to eliminate Unrwa and prevent it from operating would have devastating consequences for the multilateral system, the UN and the cause of a Palestinian transition to self-determination,” Lazzarini said.

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  • idoubledo@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    6 days ago

    At this point it’s clear that UNWRA is one of the main causes of the prolonging of this conflict, so I hope they do shut down.

    • dlatch@lemmy.worldEnglish
      456·
      6 days ago

      Yes, they keep Palestinians alive, thereby slowing down Israels mission to kill them all and therefore prolonging the conflict.

        • dlatch@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          5 days ago

          PMW believes that the key to the future is peace education. Our research, however, shows that Palestinian children have not been given that key. More than three decades since the signing of the Oslo Accords, the Palestinian Authority is still actively poisoning the minds of its children with hate.

          Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) is a non-profit Israeli research institute

          You can come back to me when you have a source that not blatantly Israeli propaganda

            • dlatch@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              3 days ago

              The main activities of UN Watch

              Monitor UN activities, resolutions, or official statements that are construed to be critical of Israel.[4]

              Lobby for the removal of UN personnel who are considered critical of Israel[5]

              Forming coalitions to leverage influence at the UN. This also entails assisting the interests of other groups to later count on their support.[6]

              Lobby for the inclusion of AJC approved personnel; this is a standard operating procedure by the American Jewish Committee[7]

              From https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/UN_Watch

              UN Watch is very much still Israeli propaganda, or rather a lobbying organisation

                • dlatch@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                  3 days ago

                  After later being a soldier for Israel and a “freelance strategy consultant” who co-produced a propaganda podcast with a member of the IOF’s social media team, Keller-Lynn later was published by the Wall Street Journal, covering Israel. Then, she obtained an intelligence dossier from Israel—and published damaging information about Israel’s avowed enemy the week the ICJ ordered it to pull back.

                  A few days later, Channel 4 in Britain got the dossier and said it contained “no evidence” to support Israel’s “explosive new claim” that “around 190 Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorist operatives” had worked as UNRWA employees and “more than 10 staffers took part in the events of 7th of October.” But by then the damage was done: UNRWA had lost hundreds of millions of funding. There is no telling when, or if, it will come back.

                  How was anything reported by Keller-Lynn ever “objective” news journalism?

                  The dossier mentioned in the WSJ article (an article authored by a known Israeli propagandist, for the record) did not contain any evidence supporting the claim that was made

                  https://lithub.com/journalism-as-a-front-of-war-on-american-media-and-the-ideology-of-the-status-quo/

                  I also advice you to read this, and consider the impact such propaganda has on real people. Real human beings. https://x.com/RnaudBertrand/status/1754881912550646078

                  Do you really want to be on that side of history? Do you want to look back on your life when you are on your deathbed and realize you supported the slaughter of tens- to hundreds of thousands of human beings just like you and me, based on lies and deception? And to have further spread and supported these lies?

                  • Snowflake@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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                    3 days ago

                    And to have further spread and supported these lies?

                    What lies? You don’t show sources proving they are not Hamas. You simply yell, Propaganda!

                    There are countless proofs that Hamas operates in unrwa buildings. They’ve admitted as much themselves.

    • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
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      6 days ago

      Yes, providing aid for the people of Palestine and keeping them alive is prolonging Israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people’s.

      What we do know is it’s clear that Israel lied to the world and its “allies” about the UNWRA to get their funding pulled. It took months but after constant refusal from Israel to ever provide evidence these countries have resumed funding.

      The only way this inhumane genocide will end is once the terror state of Israel is stopped.