Hamas, UNRWA both embedded in fabric of Gaza, org head admits

[Beastly Boy]

In an interview with The New York Times on Friday, Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA’s commissioner general, said, “Our employees are part of the social fabric in Gaza and its ecosystem. And as part of the social fabric in Gaza, you also have Hamas,” alluding to the organizations' connections to terror group Hamas.

This interview occurred against the backdrop of the exposure of UNRWA’s Hamas ties after the October 7 massacre and the Hamas tunnels revealed underneath the UNRWA headquarters in Gaza.

The Times revealed that ten years ago when a senior UN legal officer in Gaza began investigating whether several of its employees were members of Hamas, he began receiving death threats, culminating in a live grenade sent to his office. This officer was evacuated from the region. Several of these instances occurred and remained unreported.

Although UNRWA says that it has taken reports that its employees were also members of Hamas seriously, Israel says that UNRWA has not gone far enough to root out Hamas in the organization and was unwilling to clean up the issue systematically, the Times reported.

[pfitz59]

1. The UN dhould hsve immedisyely pulled out

and let HAMAS find another source.

[Voltaire2]

2. Hamas controls the government of Gaza.

Of course the relief agencies working in Gaza have relationships with Hamas. There is still no evidence that UNRWA is involved in any military actions or provides any support for those Hamas activities.

[obamanut2012]

3. Thank you

[Beastly Boy]

4. UNRWA has full control over who they hire.

I can't see any self-respecting international organization being unable to weed out supporters of terrorism, let alone members of a terrorist regime, from the ranks of their employees.

[edhopper]

6. Just the people who work there

I don't see the distinction. If the UNRWA workers are Hamas and are involved, and the UNRWA turns a blind eye to it, they are culpable.

[ShazzieB]

10. It sounds like there was some intimidation involved...

From the op:

The Times revealed that ten years ago when a senior UN legal officer in Gaza began investigating whether several of its employees were members of Hamas, he began receiving death threats, culminating in a live grenade sent to his office. This officer was evacuated from the region. Several of these instances occurred and remained unreported.

I'm not excusing the UN or the UNRWA by any means, but this kind of thing says a lot about the sort of pressure that anyone trying to make significant changes would have faced. Not everyone is brave and/or altruistic enough to press on under such circumstances. It sucks, but humans are only human.

[sarisataka]

11. Be that as it may,

for the UNRWA to say there is no connection between them and Hamas is false.

[Beastly Boy]

13. This sort of pressure makes the decision to publicly say something about it esier.

Appeasing the blackmailers is a failure by definition. UNRWA folded to the Hamas intimidation. What other UN mission you know of that did that?

[ShazzieB]

14. Good point!

[TheKentuckian]

16. Intimidated or not, the impact is the same

The agency is effectively an arm and a supply chain of Hamas.

The thought just underlines that there is no real path forward with Hamas running Gaza.

[Cha]

17. Well said.. Thank You!

[sarisataka]

7. No evidence at all....

except for the testimony of hostages held by UNRWA members, weapons built and stored in UNRWA schools and Palestinians themselves who have admitted to the very close relationship, tunnels under and into UNRWA facilities...

Let me guess- you can believe anything "Israel" says and the Palestinians were paid off by "Israel"

[SlimJimmy]

8. Then why did UNRWA fire those employees?

Clearly, they were involved in the military actions on Oct 7th.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

9. Didn't take long did it?

[betsuni]

12. K&R

[Mosby]

15. Al Jazeera has terrorists working for them

Link to tweet

They have been compromised as well as others like AP, and of course Haaretz.

[Cha]

18. Fuck the Terrorists they're Everywhere.

Link to tweet

[Behind the Aegis]

20. And, to make matters worse, THEIR word is taken as gospel by too many on our side.

They are held up as "paragons" of "truthtopower", when in reality, it is nothing more than "truthtoJEWpower." The masks are gone and few seem to care, and those of us who do, have an uphill battle.

[Cha]

21. I know.. it's beyond Sickening how

Terrorism is Blatantly Supported in the Streets.

WTF did those HAMAS fans think was going to Happen After HAMAS' Sneak Slaughter Gang Raing Attack on Israelis? Grabbing them from their Homes and Snatching them back to Gaza?

They didn't think.. they're Stupid and Bloodthirsty.

They FAFO.

[Mosby]

19. Another aljazeera "reporter"

Link to tweet