February 4th 2009
As UN Whines At Israel, Hamas Steals Aid
T
he UN is not the least bit happy with Israel. [Note from editor: Isn't that a bit too obvious for a first sentence, Laer?] This time, the UN is castigating the Israelis for getting in the way of its aid shipments, as detailed in this UN news release:
The number of trucks allowed by Israel to enter Gaza daily to deliver much-needed relief supplies remains insufficient, the United Nations reported today.
Further, the Office of the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO) and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that only a limited array of items are being permitted to enter through the crossings.
Those scurrilous Israelis! But wait … before the electrons dried on this UN release, BBC reported that Banki and his Boys might just be growling at the wrong enemy:
Hamas policemen have seized thousands of blankets and food parcels that were meant to be distributed to Palestinian civilians in Gaza, UN officials say.
A UN spokesman said policemen raided a UN warehouse on Tuesday after officials refused to hand over the aid to a Hamas-controlled ministry.
The UN said it was the first time its aid had been confiscated by Hamas.
It condemned the action and demanded the goods be immediately returned. There has been no comment by Hamas.
UN spokesman Christopher Gunness said Hamas police took 3,500 blankets and over 400 food parcels.
Too funny; too true. The UN had barely stopped crying over the deaths of some of these Hamas “policemen” during the Israeli offensive, as if they were keepers of the peace, not Hamas enforcers, and now their surviving brothers in thuggery steal the UN’s blankets and food parcels!
It’s indicative of the UN approach to the Palestine issue, which can be summarized as entrenched, implacable anti-Israelism (and somewhat more subtly, anti-Zionism and antisemitism). Here’s that UN news release’s summary of the current war:
According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, the military operation – launched by Israel with the stated aim of ending Hamas rocket attacks – killed 1,380 Palestinians, of whom 431 are children and 112 are women.
UNICEF stressed that children, who had nowhere to hide, were severely psychologically affected by the conflict. As a result, child protection – including mine-risk education, psychosocial support and recreational opportunities to create a sense of normalcy – must be a priority in Gaza, it said.
Hmmm. No mention of the safety of Israeli children under the hail of Hamas rockets. No mention of Hamas missile batteries in residential neighborhoods and weapons stockpiles in the basements of apartment buildings. And definitely no mention of Hamas military forces firing from UN facilities crowded with Palestinian children.
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