It would be a scandalous incident that violates all the values on which the United Nations was founded.
A freed Israeli hostage says he was locked in his attic for more than 50 days by a professor from the UN aid agency UNRWA. The UN professor was, therefore, carrying out the “service” of the terrorist organization Hamas. This is reported by journalist Boker Almog from Israeli Channel 13.
Furthermore, a doctor held another hostage captive, he writes on X (Twitter). According to information from the author, both hostages were the founder of the Tel Aviv Institute Mazzig Chicken about children.
The UN professor was a teacher and father of 10 children. He treated the hostage poorly, gave him little food and no medical care – while continuing to provide care to his family.
The report, which is making noise in Israel, cannot yet be verified.
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It would be far from the first time that UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees) has been suspected of secretly collaborating with Hamas.
▶ It is repeatedly revealed that hate propaganda against Jews and Israel is taught to children in UNRWA schools. The NGO “UN Watch” discovered 133 cases of this type in March.
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▶︎ And after October 7, according to UN Watch, at least 20 UNRWA professors also applauded the Hamas massacres on social media.
▶︎ Above all, there is fundamental criticism of UNRWA’s disastrous role in the conflict in the Middle East. With it, the UN created its own authority in 1949 for the few hundred thousand Palestinian refugees (who did not yet call themselves “Palestinians” at the time).
But instead of ensuring that they, like all the other refugees around the world that UNHCR cares for, would settle somewhere (the Arab states were opposed to this), it created its own definition of “refugee” for Palestinians. , whose refugee status is inherited.
According to UNRWA rules, anyone who has an ancestor who left Israel in the War of Independence in 1948 is also considered a refugee. Palestinians who were born in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, the West Bank or Gaza and who spend their entire lives there remain “refugees” forever.
Even 75 years later, the 5.9 million “refugees” who are not actually refugees still cling to the ideology that they will be able to “return” to today’s Israel at some point. But this is impossible because Israel could not exist as a Jewish state with them.
Germany increases UNRWA funding
UNRWA is funded almost exclusively by donations from governments around the world and some private actors. With 30,000 employees, it is also one of the largest employers in the Palestinian territories, runs more than 500 schools and distributes humanitarian aid.
One of the biggest donors: Germany.
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The Federal Republic finances UNRWA through payments to UN organizations and EU funds, as well as directly through the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
According to UNRWA, Germany paid 180 million euros to projects by UN organizations in 2022.
And on October 24th, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (42, Green Party) announced in her speech to the UN Security Council: “(We) are increasing our humanitarian aid to Gaza by 50 million euros, of which 19 million will go to UNRWA. ”
A truck from the UN relief agency for the Palestinians, UNRWA, brings humanitarian goods to Gaza
Photo: AMR ABDALLAH DALSH/Portal
Will it continue like this? A Foreign Ministry spokesperson told BILD: “It is completely clear: violence, anti-Semitism and the denial of Israel’s right to exist are never acceptable to us. If an abducted person’s allegations are proven to be true, UNRWA must immediately draw conclusions. UNRWA has consistently assured us and other donors that UNRWA is fully committed to the values and humanitarian principles of the United Nations and maintains a policy of zero tolerance for calls for violence and hatred by its staff.”
FDP politician: Put UNRWA in Gaza to the test
“It is time to condition the funds for Gaza and, if that is not possible, be prepared to freeze them at the end”, demands FDP foreign politician Frank Müller-Rosentritt (41). The fact that, on the contrary, they are increased by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is “difficult to understand”.
Müller-Rosentritt continued: “Those familiar with the issue have long known that UNRWA was part of the problem rather than the solution. Now it’s obvious for all the world to see.”
He demands: “After this war, we must properly evaluate UNRWA, as stated in the traffic light government coalition agreement, and then draw the necessary conclusions.”
The minimum requirement must be: Everyone who works for UNRWA must sign that they recognize Israel’s right to exist and fight anti-Semitism. “And we have to check if this is being implemented”, says the FDP politician.
The refugee status of Palestinians also needs to be examined, says Müller-Rosentritt. It is long outdated and prevents millions of Palestinians from freeing themselves from immaturity with a perspective on life.