The allegations against staffers with the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees prompted Western countries to freeze funds vital for the body, which is a lifeline for desperate Palestinians in Gaza.

The allegations against staffers with the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees prompted Western countries to freeze funds vital for the body, which is a lifeline for desperate Palestinians in Gaza. The U.N. fired nine of the 12 accused workers and condemned “the abhorrent alleged acts” of staff members.

The accusations come after years of tensions between Israel and the agency known as UNRWA over its work in Gaza, where it employs roughly 13,000 people.

Despite the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in the besieged territory — where Israel’s war against Hamas has displaced the vast majority of the population and officials say a quarter of Palestinians are starving — major donors, including the U.S. and Britain, have cut funding. On Monday, Japan and Austria joined them in pausing assistance.

  • DarkGamer@kbin.social
    817·
    10 months ago

    Evidently they count people as refugees even if they resettle elsewhere and get citizenship from another country, and all their descendants as well. If your father was a refugee so are you. Which leads to an interesting situation of people who were never personally displaced claiming refugee status for generations.

    • jonneEnglish
      153·
      10 months ago

      So you think a people should just relinquish their claim on their homeland if they haven’t been personally displaced?

        • jonneEnglish
          32·
          10 months ago

          I guess it depends, looks like you can go back 2000 years for Jews, but can’t even go less than 100 for Palestinians.

      • DarkGamer@kbin.social
        614·
        10 months ago

        I think they shouldn’t qualify as refugees if they haven’t been personally displaced, and I hope one day they realize that lives are more important than claims to land their ancestors lived on. The alternative, violence, is what led to them losing this land in the first place, and is why they continue to lose land and freedoms. Choosing violence has consequences.

        • jonneEnglish
          104·
          10 months ago

          Definitely don’t let Israel know about your anti-Zionist views, you might lose your job.

          • DarkGamer@kbin.social
            612·
            10 months ago

            Because anyone who disagrees with the pitchfork-wielding anti-Israel mob must be a shill, right? lol.

              • jordanlund@lemmy.worldMEnglish
                21·
                10 months ago

                Removed, rule 5. Attack the message, not the user.

                “Rule 5: Keep it civil. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (perjorative, perjorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (perjorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect!”

            • jonneEnglish
              83·
              10 months ago

              Nah, I’m just saying that the whole point of Israel/Zionism is to let a people that was dispersed by the Roman Empire 2000 years ago should be allowed to return to their land. What you just said is that they should’ve just gotten over it and made a life whatever they ended up after one generation.

              Or do the rules only apply to Palestinians, not Jews?

              • DarkGamer@kbin.social
                16·
                10 months ago

                No, what I said was, “they shouldn’t qualify as refugees if they haven’t been personally displaced.” The rest of that is a poor attempt at putting words into my mouth. I never said anything about Jewish claims to the land based on the Roman Empire expelling them being valid.

                You can’t get away with ad hominem, so you go right for the straw man fallacy. Is that what you consider to be, “engaging in good faith?”