PSNA angry and disgusted at government decision to halt funding to UNRWA
PSNA is angry and disgusted at the government decision to halt funding to UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency) over Israeli allegations a handful of its 30,000 staff were involved in the October 7th attack on Israel.
It’s clear UNRWA was not involved as an organisation and yet the Palestinian people of Gaza are once again to face “collective punishment” – this time with New Zealand acting alongside apartheid Israel to deny desperately-needed humanitarian assistance to Palestinians.
UNRWA is already “extremely desperate” after its funding has been halted by other countries
“It’s an outrageous decision given the dire humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. New Zealand is joining the Israel/US stranglehold on humanitarian relief for Gaza,” says PSNA National Chair John Minto. “The decision means we are part of Israel’s war crime of “collective punishment” against the Palestinian people of Gaza”.
Israel’s incessant attacks on UNRWA are designed to take attention away from last Friday’s interim orders from the International Court of Justice which found a prima facie case that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
As a signatory to the Genocide Convention New Zealand has a responsibility to PREVENT genocide and yet the PMs focus is on attacking an agency providing relief for Palestinians who are the victims of these genocidal attacks.”
Why are Israeli attacks on UNRWA so much more important for the Prime Minister than genocide committed against the Palestinian people?
It’s immoral, unethical and downright despicable.
This is a victory for the deeply racist pro-Israel lobby and their anti-Palestinian enablers in parliament.
It looks like only the Jews are allowed to kill innocent people and flout international agreements regarding land boundaries and still receive funding and support from western nations. Noone is concerned enough to ask what local aid workers observed in the Israeli treatment of Palestinian people in Gaza that made them decide that violence against Israel was the answer so that alone is enough to tell us that they have a predetermined plan and do not want any evidence that refutes their propaganda.
Only the Jews? You do know how many hundreds of thousands of Muslims have been killed by other Muslims throughout the Middle East don’t you
Have to say that UNRWA has little meaning to me relative to the UN. Makes me wonder….
This is Dirty Politics taken to Genocidal collaborating degree …. Western/NATO collaboration……
Previous statement of facts From UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini …..— “In the past 100 days, sustained bombardment across the Gaza Strip caused the mass displacement of a population that is in a state of flux – constantly uprooted and forced to leave overnight, only to move to places which are just as unsafe. This has been the largest displacement of the Palestinian people since 1948.”
“Overcrowded and unsanitary UNRWA shelters have now become ‘home’ to more than 1.4 million people. They lack everything from food to hygiene to privacy. People live in inhumane conditions, where diseases are spreading, including among children . They live through the unlivable, with the clock ticking fast towards famine.”…..
“The crisis in Gaza is a man-made disaster compounded by dehumanizing language and the use of food, water and fuel as instruments of war.” etc etc https://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/official-statements/gaza-strip-100-days-death-destruction-and-displacement
and as Craig Murray has summed things up—- “This of course explains why the immediate response to the ICJ ruling was a coordinated attack by Israel and the combined imperialist powers on UNRWA, designed to accelerate the Genocide by stopping aid, to provide a propaganda counter-narrative to the ICJ judgment, and to reduce the credibility of UNRWA’s evidence before the court. “….
….”No matter what the ICJ said. Israel would not have stopped the Genocide, that is the simple truth. The immediate reaction of the U.S and allies to the Order has been to try to accelerate the Genocide by crippling the UN’s relief work. I confess I did not expect anything quite that viciious and blatant”
https://mronline.org/2024/01/29/has-international-law-survived-or-has-the-western-political-class-killed-it/
Caitlin Johnstons take on it ….”A senior Israeli official told Axios that Israeli intelligence agencies came upon the information about the UNRWA staffers largely through “interrogations of militants who were arrested during the Oct. 7 attack.” Israel has an extensive history of using torture in its interrogations, and there’s no reason to believe it hasn’t been used on captured Hamas fighters in recent months.
So to recap —
Accusations of genocide deemed credible by the International Court of Justice: Preposterous lies. Not worth opposing a single massacre over.
Unsubstantiated claims about UNRWA staff extracted via torture: Gospel truth. Worthy of ending humanitarian support to Gazans for.
How does ANY unproven claim by the Israeli government get treated seriously by ANYONE anymore? There ought to be a limit on how many lies you can get caught circulating before the entire political/media class just starts laughing at you whenever you make any claim about anything.”
And I say Israel Rapes the truth,,, and now New Zealand through our dirty politicians with our dirty media is hands on participating in accelerating the Genocide ,,, ‘The immediate reaction of the U.S. and allies to the (ICJ) Order has been to try to accelerate the genocide by crippling the UN’
Once more ““Overcrowded and unsanitary UNRWA shelters have now become ‘home’ to more than 1.4 million people. They lack everything from food to hygiene to privacy. People live in inhumane conditions, where diseases are spreading, including among children . They live through the unlivable, with the clock ticking fast towards famine.”…..
Dirty Politics is much bigger far meaner and more psychopathic than last time round …..
New Zealanders may not care ,,,, but if the zionists and neo-cons get their war on Iran ,,,, Petrol will be over $5.00 per litre and our economy will be crippled …
Our Dirty Politicians will walk into and escalate this immoral cluster-fuck based on dishonesty,,,, because they really are that shit ….