The Israeli International Ministry on Friday submitted written testimony to the Worldwide Courtroom of Justice (ICJ), detailing the shut ties between the disgraced United Nations support company UNRWA and the Hamas terrorist group in reference to the atrocities of Oct. 7, 2023.
The Israeli report additionally included testimony from freed Israeli hostage Emily Damari, the place she confirmed that Hamas terrorists had been holding her captive in an UNRWA facility in Gaza. Different Israeli hostages have additionally testified that they had been held captive by UNRWA staff.
Nevertheless, the U.N. and the ICJ have largely ignored — and even whitewashed — the robust ties between UNRWA and Hamas.
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The Israeli International Ministry criticized what it referred to as a “distorted course of” by the worldwide organizations, the place the result was “predetermined.”
“The method ignores the atrocities of October 7 and the shameful involvement of UNRWA staff within the October 7 bloodbath and terrorist actions,” the International Ministry said.
“It is a essentially flawed course of through which, by way of the automated political majority towards Israel on the U.N., the establishments of worldwide legislation are used for making political selections.”
The International Ministry additionally emphasised that the report it filed with the ICJ “exposes the deliberate bias” regarding an advisory opinion and unveils “the hyperlinks of UNRWA staff to Hamas actions, the deep involvement of UNRWA staff in terrorist actions, using UNRWA amenities for terrorist actions, and the quite a few violations of the neutrality to which UN establishments are dedicated.”
Israeli intelligence has estimated that not less than 12% of UNRWA’s 13,000 staff in Gaza are concurrently members of Hamas and different terror teams. In different phrases, over 1,000 terrorists have been embedded within the U.N. company in flagrant violation of the United Nations’ dedication to neutrality.
In January 2024, america and several other different donor nations quickly suspended monetary support to UNRWA after Israel supplied incriminating proof of its staff’ involvement within the Oct. 7 bloodbath and kidnapping of — primarily — Israeli civilians.
Nevertheless, worldwide support to UNRWA was largely restored in April 2024 after a controversial panel report minimized the robust ties between Hamas and UNRWA.
Final July, the Israeli International Ministry particularly named 100 terrorists employed by UNRWA in a letter addressed to UNRWA Commissioner-Common Philippe Lazzarini.
The Israeli ambassador to Jordan, Amir Weissbrod, who wrote the letter to Lazzarini, famous that Hamas’ infiltration into UNRWA had been a “recurring concern” for the Jewish state even earlier than the Oct. 7 assault.
“Nevertheless, the total scope of this unprecedented infiltration was unknown and have become clear solely after the October seventh terrorist assault on Israel, through which, as , UNRWA staff actively participated,” Weissbrod said.
In October 2024, the Israeli Knesset banned UNRWA operations regardless of worldwide stress to chorus from such a transfer. Israeli leaders throughout the political spectrum have emphasised that UNRWA’s shut affiliation with Hamas threatens Israeli safety.
This text was initially revealed by All Israel Information.
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