By David Singer ——Bio and Archives--April 16, 2024
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The continuing failure of the United Nations and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) to transfer Gaza’s women, children, the sick and the elderly to the safety of 50 of its refugee camps located outside Gaza guarantees an ongoing humanitarian disaster that could have been avoided.
The need for the UN and UNRWA to take such action was especially critical following all 193 member nations of the United Nations failing to accept any of the 1,476,706 refugees registered in the 8 UNRWA refugee camps located inside Gaza.
The result of the UN and UNRWA’s decision to keep Gazan residents penned inside Gaza has seen the Israel-Gaza war prolonged and accidental civilian casualties increased by:
Gazans had left Gaza to begin a new life elsewhere before 7 October 2023:
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How much greater will be the desire of Gazans to now vacate Gaza? Yet the UN and UNWRA are keeping them penned inside Gaza and seemingly doing nothing to assist their emigrating through Turkey.
An Israeli document spelling out allegations against a dozen U.N. employees who took part in the invasion of Israel on October 7, 2023--claimed seven stormed into Israel--including one who participated in a kidnapping and another who helped to steal a soldier’s body. These allegations prompted the United States and several other countries to freeze funds vital for UNRWA. The U.N. has fired nine of the accused workers--who include teachers and a social worker. Two are reportedly dead, and the last is still being identified.
The UN and UNRWA have become hopelessly conflicted in Gaza between saving the lives of Gaza’s monsters and preserving the lives of Gaza’s civilian population by moving them to safety outside Gaza.
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Author’s note: The cartoon — commissioned by the author — is by Yaakov Kirschen aka “Dry Bones”- one of Israel’s foremost political and social commentators — whose cartoons have graced the columns of Israeli and international media publications for decades.
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David Singer is an Australian Lawyer, a Foundation Member of the International Analyst Network and Convenor of Jordan is Palestine International—an organization calling for sovereignty of the West Bank and Gaza to be allocated between Israel and Jordan as the two successor States to the Mandate for Palestine. Previous articles written by him can be found at: jordanispalestine.blogspot.com