The head of UNRWA says he fired employees that Israel accused of aiding HAMAS without having evidence that they really did so.
*It’s right to probe UNRWA’s problems &mdash yet what would replace it? Its critics have no answer.*
Israel accused 12 members of the UNRWA staff of fighting for HAMAS or other terrorist groups. This is being used as an excuse to cut off the aid to the Palestinians. Israel kept the information secret for months until a time when it badly needed to distract public opinion from the war crimes court’s judgment […]
*Famine in Gaza is being made ‘inevitable’ says UN rapporteur. Countries defunding UNRWA, the main aid distributor in Gaza, are accused of collectively punishing more than 2.2 million Palestinians.*