UNRWA’s link to Hamas has been confirmed recently, but now comes a stunning admission from UNRWA’s commissioner general:
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.”
No Western state should be funding the Palestinian jihad directly or indirectly. Islamic “charities” have long been known to funnel funds in the cause of jihad via zakat.
“Hamas, UNRWA both embedded in fabric of Gaza, org head admits,” by Darcie Grunblatt, Jerusalem Post, February 12, 2024:
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….
Westman says
Doesn’t this acknowledgement imply that UNRWA was(is) a “Deep State” of Gaza and the West Bank?
“The role this agency has played in protecting the rights of Palestinian refugees is fundamental,” UNRWA spokesperson Juliette Touma told Reuters in an interview.”
“Defending rights” is wide-ranging political involvement, not relief.
http://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2024/02/07/3035990/protests-erupt-at-unrwa-office-in-west-bank-over-funding-cuts
Keith O says
In reality, what the UNRWA muppet just admitted is that Hamas and the UNRWA are one and the same organisation and that every male, woman and child in Gaza are Hamas supporters.