Nachdem bekannt wurde, dass der ausschließlich für Palästinenenser 1949 gegründete UN-Hilfsorganisation UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency für Palestine Refugees in the Near East) am größten antisemitisch motivierten Massaker nach der Shoah am 7. Oktober 2023 stellten viele europäische Staaten ihre finanzielle Unterstützung ein. Nur in der UNRWA wird der Flüchtlingsstatus auf Generationen übertragen. Doch setzten die Geberländer ungeachtet der Erkenntnisse über die UNRWA Anfang des Jahres 2024 ihre Zahlung wieder fort. Jetzt handelt die israelische Regierung. Die Gründe, die Knessetabgeordnete fast alle Parteien anführten, sind allen bekannt. Jedoch wird die Teilnahme von UNRWA Mitarbeitern am Masskaer, in dem 1200 Menschen in Israel verstümmelt, vergewaltigt und ermordet worden und 3000 Gazanier 250 Geiseln verschleppten , weltweit verantwortungslos verharmlost, auch von den Medien, allen voran der Deutschlandfunk !-
Auch in Oldenburger Stadt und Land meinen noch ‚Palästinenser‘ mit einem deutschen Pass und 10, 20 (…) Jahre nach 1948 der Staatsgründung Israel geboren worden sind, Flüchtlinge zu sein. Ihre Eltern, Großeltern seien schließlich vor den Israelis ‚vertrieben‘ worden!
Israel’s Reckoning with UNRWA: A necessary severance after October
Jerusalem Post 29.10.2024 – ein Kommentar von Herb Keinon
October 7 shattered many long-held Israeli assumptions. That technology could replace soldiers as effective layers of defense. It shattered the assumption that Israel’s enemies would not do anything „crazy“ for fear of being clobered by Israel in return. It shattered the assumption that the country could live peacefully alongside genocidal terrorist organizations within spitting distance of civilians communities.
It also shattered the assumption that, even with all its shortcomings, UNRWA (the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) was still worth maintaining since it provided services for Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank, and east Jerusalem that, in its absence, Israel would need to provide.
Proof that this assumption has been shattered is the legislation making its way through the Knesset, and backed by both opposition and coalition parties, that would shut down UNRWA’s operations in Gaza the West Bank, and east Jerusalem within 90 days.
The US and other Western powers are pressing Israel not to proceed with the move, warning that it will make getting humanitarian aid into Gaza more difficult and worsen the humanitarian crisis there. This is even though the US itself has defunded UNRWA until next March because of the involvement of some of its employees in the October 7 massacre.
Even measured by the doublespeak standards of spokespersons whose job it is to defend the institutions or people they represent, this comment by UN spokesman regarding the Knesset legislation was a doozy:
„This is a step against the multilateral system. It is the latest step in the ongoing systematic campaign to discredit UNRWA and delegitmize its role in providing human development assistance and services to Palestine refugees.“
Say what? You know what discredits UNRWA? Having about a dozen of its employees take active roles in the October 7 massacre, and having another 30 assisting in the attack. Having one of the teacher in its school boast about kidnapping a female hostage, and having about 10% of UNRWA employees maintaining active ties to Hamas or other terrorist organizations.
You know what delegitimizes UNRWA? Its facilities being used as storehouses for weapons, a blind eye turned to Hamas building terrorist tunnels underneath schools, its teachers propagating an anti-Israel narrative that perpetuates the conflict for generations and keeps alive the illusion of a Palestinian state „from the river to the sea.“
And for all of the above, that organization, deserves a tax break from Israel?
The foreign ministers of Canada, Australia, France, Germany, Japan, South Korea, and the UK also expressed „grave concern“ over the Knesset legislation in a statement issued Sunday. It would have been nice had they expressed such grave concern over the years as UNRWA perpetuated the Palestinian refugee crises and radicalized generations of Palestinians.
For years, voices have been raised saying that UNRWA, originally meant to be an 18-month temporary organization to find solutions for Arab refugees from the 1948 War of Independence, is more part of the problem than the solution.
For years, people have been complaining about the content of textbooks used in UNRWA schools, noting that rather than educating toward peace and coexistence, they teach hatred and incitement.
It would be interesting to know how many of those who took place in the October 7 atrocity were „educated“ in UNRWA schools.
For years, people have complained that the organization -against all international standards-inflates the number of Pelatinian refugees by millions classifying as a refugee any descendant of an original refugees, even if they have citizenship in antother country, such as Jordan.
Rather than trying to resolve the refugee crises, UNRWA proved over decades that it was content with keeping them as victims who will one day realize the dream of „return“ to Israel, thereby overwhelming and extinguishing the Jewish state.
For years, however, these voices were ignored, not only abroad but also in Israel, where even members of the defense establishment defended UNRWA as a necessary evil.