...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks...
' refugee agency for Paleostinians (UNRWA), following allegations its staff were involved in the October 7 attacks on Israel by Hamas
...a regional Iranian catspaw,...Set up to help refugees of the 1948 war at Israel's founding, UNRWA provides education, health and aid services to Paleostinians in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
oppressionand
disproportionate response...
, the West Bank, Jordan, Syria, and Leb
...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
. It helps about two thirds of Gaza's 2.3 million population and has played a pivotal aid role during the current war.
The United States, Australia and Canada had already paused funding to the aid agency after Israel said 12 UNRWA employees were involved in the cross-border attack. The agency has opened an investigation into several employees severed ties with them.
The Paleostinian foreign ministry criticised what it described as an Israeli campaign against UNRWA, and the Hamas resistance group condemned the termination of employee contracts "based on information derived from the Zionist enemy."
"The Italian government has suspended financing of the UNRWA after the atrocious attack on Israel on October 7," Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on social media platform X.
Finland also said it suspended funding.
Hussein al-Sheikh, head of the Paleostinians' umbrella political body the Paleostine Liberation Organization (PLO), said cutting support brought major political and relief risks.
| If you didn’t want risks, you should not have cheered the October 7th massacre, buddy. Nor should you have brainwashed the last three generations of Arab children in your care to dream of killing Jews, whether simply or horribly, and paid life pensions those who tried, or their families. You have worked hard to earn this suffering and this risk. Enjoy the fruit of your labour. |
| Update from the Times of Israel at 5:00 p.m. ET |
“France has not planned a new payment for the first half of 2024 and will decide when the time comes on the action to take together with the United Nations and the main donors,” the French Foreign Ministry said, calling the allegations against UNRWA “exceptionally serious.”
Donors including the US, Germany, Britain, Italy, Australia and Finland announced they had suspended additional funding to the agency, and UNRWA said on Friday it had fired several employees over the unspecified accusations.