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[–] LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (12 children)

Not just Israel, all the countries that defunded the humanitarian aid.

The article at least mentions that even though the order didn't demand ceasefire, it practically did very explicitly:

The State of Israel shall ... desist from the commission of any and all acts within the scope of Article II of the Convention, in particular:

(a) killing members of the group;

(b) causing serious bodily or mental harm to the members of the group

Many western media had the headline "no ceasefire ordered" which made the order sound like it was nothing. The western media too is complicit in atrocity.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca -5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Countries de-funded UNRWA because they had people on their payroll that participated in actual genocide on October 7.

Many countries have switched to providing aid through alternative channels.

Really Guterres should resign, because how can an investigation of the UNRWA be trusted when it's in the best interests of the UN Secretary General to prove it didn't happen to avoid responsibility?

At this point the UN is just becoming less and less of a factor in the conflict because of their failures in leadership. I mean trying to make excuses for October 7, then not even apologizing when there's a valid complaint about it. The UN is failing at diplomacy 101. The UN failed to properly vet the people they have working for them. If people on the UN payroll committed genocide, how seriously can we take claims coming from the UN about genocide?

We really need the UN be a part of a potential future peace in Gaza, but the UN is continuously failing in every possible way in regards to Gaza. There needs to be serious changes at the UN. There's a need for an impartial diplomatic organization in the world, and the UN in it's current form simply isn't capable of being that.

[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Why are you lying? There is zero evidence provided that any UNRWA member participated in the attack.

The "evidence" that was provided by israel was proven fake by Sky News and Channel4.

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