Hi Rhian,

I'm all argued out.

http://bbc.com/news/articles/c8jy9v43z89o

http://bbc.com/news/newsbeat-44124396

Cheers.

One simply cannot survive in Gaza unless they cooperate with Hamas.
That includes UNRWA, journalists, doctors, teachers, women, children, etc.
Anyone who fails to do their bidding used to be thrown off a rooftop.
Now that there are hardly any rooftops left, they are denied water instead.

«Hamas atrocity against Israel was really “resistance against tyranny”, which is the “legitimate right for any human being”.»

Indeed, resistance against tyranny is the legitimate right for any human being - see above!

Yuyutsu.

You certainly did Israel a favour by leaving.

I am sorry to see that Foxy has left the forum. I wanted to apologize. Foxy was correct that Antony Loewenstein had lived in Israel. I incorrectly stated that he hadn't.

Pax and apologies, Foxy.

I did notice in his book "After Zionism: One State for Israel and Palestine" a collection of essays from various writers, Loewenstein includes an essay by Ilan Pappe ... and that of a very strange contributor Omar Barghouti.

The following are interesting reading ...

The unholy alliance: UNRWA, Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
unwatch.org

unwatch.org/exposed-UNRWAs-rigged-independent-review.

Statement by Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA Commissioner General at the meeting of the Advisory Commission (ADCOM)
www.unrwa.org/newsroom/official-statements/statement-philippe-lazzarini-unrwa-commissioner-general-meeting-of-AdCom

Hi Yuyustu

I expect you are right. It beggars belief that UNRWA and other international agencies didn’t realise that Hamas was building tunnels and storing guns and rockets under their buildings, tapping into the electricity supply of their hospitals, or providing Anti-Semitic jihadist teaching materials for their schools.

But if so, it is clearly not possible for UNRWA to operate in accordance with its charter in Gaza.

Doesn’t that reinforce the case for Israel to refuse to co-operate with it, and for countries such as Australia to stop funding it?