Israel has declared UNRWA a terrorist organisation

Shame on our PM supporting Israel

That's it, in a nutshell @gloriagloria and @andIsaid .

First they took most of Palestine, then - slowly but surely - they took the West Bank. Now it's the turn of Gaza. Mission accomplished.

Exactly right.

It is a complete and utter distraction.

I also think Lebanon and Iran are distractions.

They want Gaza.

And in addition this is really not the time to be evaluating it's value and effectiveness while it is the main lifeline for millions of vulnerable and displaced Palestinians.

Bbc
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says Unrwa's work in Gaza is essential and irreplaceable.
"Unrwa is absolutely essential to the people of Gaza, and I don't want to leave anyone with the misimpression that IOM can play that role, because we cannot," Amy Pope, the head of the IOM told reporters in Geneva on Tuesday. She stressed there was "no way" it could replace Unrwa.
But, she says, the IOM "can provide support to those people who are currently in crisis", saying that her agency was keen to step up their role in the region.
As a reminder, Unrwa has been providing aid to Palestinian refugees since 1949 and is the biggest organisation working on the ground in Gaza.

Clearly there is no line for some people. They will excuse anything Israel does. Even if that includes genocide.

This, when are people going to wake up and stop defending their actions

I feel like Netanyahu is having a party while he can. It’s not my idea of fun. I don’t think much (if anything) will happen until after the US election.

I feel quite depressed today. My heart sinks when I think of all the people suffering in Northern Gaza.

I’m not sure what Isreal hopes this will achieve. Most of the world don’t want Israel to remain in, or in control of Gaza, so long term, they cannot control the aid.

You could potentially dismantle UNWRA and replace it with something else, which in reality would be pretty much the same thing, with many of the same people (the vast majority who aren’t terrorists!), but with a different name.

It would be a symbolic gesture of nothingness, and given the damage Israel has done in Gaza, they will be at a heightened risk of revenge attacks anyway.

Better to work on a peaceful solution that values the lives of everyone, instead of trying to control everything.

It's beyond disgraceful.

And yet they are still not Sanctioned! What the hell is it going to take for the world to start imposing sanctions on these people!!!!

They prove time and time again that they are a rogue state.

Israel leaves no stone unturned when it comes to isolating themselves with their extremism from the rest of the free world.

Some reactions from some pissed off allies. Let's hope they now realise its time to stop arming Israel!

The US State Department said Unrwa played a "critical" role in distributing humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip, and that "there is nobody that can replace them right now in the middle of the crisis".
UK PM Keir Starmer said he was "gravely concerned", and that the law risks making Unrwa's "essential work for Palestinians impossible, jeopardising the entire international humanitarian response in Gaza".
Germany’s commissioner for human rights policy and humanitarian assistance, Luise Amtsberg, warned the move would "effectively make Unrwa's work in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem impossible... jeopardising vital humanitarian aid for millions of people".
Belgium said it “deeply regrets” the new legislation.
The governments of Slovenia, Ireland, Spain, and Norway released a joint statement condemning Israel’s ban and warned that it set a “very serious” precedent for the work of the UN and all organisations of the multilateral system.

UNRWA was the best hope of survival for innocent people. Israel wants those people to die. So they look to take it away.

For people reading who may not know much about it and who have seen some of the accusations here...

There were concerns that a very small number of employees took part in Hamas activities and may have been members. These concerns led to investigations and termination of employment. There was no evidence of widespread involvement or affiliation. In any large organisation, there are going to be some people employed who do horrible things, despite organisation's efforts to prevent this - look at the police, NHS, etc. - it doesn't mean an entire organisation took part or supported something. Individuals employed in a number of roles by UNRWA had to pass vetting by Israel as well, so if there was a failure of security checking, this was not solely an issue with UNRWA.

Sinwar is reported to have been in possession of a UNRWA employee's ID card at the time of his death. The man to whom it belonged had managed to escape Gaza quite some time ago and has confirmed that he is living elsewhere in the world - he was not in Gaza. There is no evidence of how Sinwar came into possession of the ID card or even whether it was genuine.

There are many criticisms that can be raised against many organisations, and UNRWA is not perfect. What it was, though, was an essential route for delivering life-saving aid to innocent people in Gaza.

It isn't being banned because people in power suddenly care about organisational efficiency, vetting, finances, etc. It isn't being banned because of concerns about a small number of employees having been reported to have committed horrible acts. It's being banned because the people able to do so want Palestinians to die, and this helps achieve that.

None of that can be fact checked because Israel does not let anybody in.

You are seriously worried about the Gazans?

Of course, whats that got to do with SYRIA, IRAN, LEBABNON & YEMEN allowing and/or supporting terrorists bombing Israel?

Israel wants them UNWRA out of Gaza because, among other things, they are distributing antisemitic propaganda in schools.

And that is emergent right now? That's new and novel information they were unaware of before this?

Or is it pretty obvious that having anyone who can observe and report atrocities right now is an issue for Israel? Anyone who can try to keep the Gazans alive. Because you'd think a humane response would be to flag this as an issue, keep the workers on the ground during the crisis, and deal with it afterwards. When there isn't a massive humanitarian crisis going on.

You can't replace thousands of workers quickly and people will die as a result. Innocent people.

Do you not think that the massive humanitarian crisis in Gaza should take priority over textbooks?

I find it odd that you don't find it odd that Israel have created a massive humanitarian crisis in Gaza, they have shut down all schools there, they themselves have anti Arab textbooks in their schools so can't be too appallled by the teaching propaganda in schools, but now is the moment that they pick to decide that some textbooks are a reason to shut down a vital aid agency? What world are you living in where that seems like a proportionate reaction to schools that don't even exist anymore having some racist textbooks just like they themselves do? Children are dying of malnutrion but we better make sure that in 10 years time when schools are built again that some of their textbooks aren't racist like some of ours are

Are you not aware that SYRIA, IRAN, LEBABNON & YEMEN have allowed and/or supported terrorists bombing Israel?

How do you know that that is why they want them out and not because like they said they want to 'eliminate everything'?

Israel already shut down all schools in Gaza, so they've already covered stopping 'antisemitic propaganda' in their schools when they eliminated schools.

It's a bit weird that you believe some things Israel say but don't believe others. They said they want to eliminate everything, Unwra is surely part of 'everything'. Unwra could be the vital and important organisation that the rest of world believe them to be and Israel would still shut them down no matter what because they are part of the 'everything' in Gaza that they want to eliminate. You get that right?

Are you simply incapable of sticking to the point?

Israel wants them UNWRA out of Gaza because, among other things, they are distributing antisemitic propaganda in schools.

No response?