The UN FIRES Close to a Dozen UNRWA Employees For Taking Part in Massacres, Kidnappings and Mass Rapes of October 7th

Israel has established intelligence information according to which more than 30 UNRA employees actively participated in the 7/10 massacre and assisted in the kidnapping of civilians and soldiers. 12% of the 13,000 UNRWA employees are connected to the terrorist organizations in Gaza, and 1,468 of the employees are even active in them.

The UN now admits that At least 9 of its employees ‘may have’ participated in directly perpetrating the October 7th Massacre pic.twitter.com/TFmHW3qEm0

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) August 6, 2024

The biggest lie perpetrated by Philippe Lazzarini and his powerful apologists worldwide: that UNRWA's terrorism problem is simply about a dozen accused staffers.

The Truth: 90% of all Hamas terrorists are UNRWA graduates.

(See below: ex-head of UNRWA Gaza Legal Office @jsoufi) https://t.co/Hy0hGxEGTH pic.twitter.com/IDw7xaay4Y

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) August 5, 2024

It's not just a few UNRWA employees being involved in the October 7th attack.

It's the Hamas HQ that was found under the UNRWA HQ.

It's the UNRWA schools that have been found brimming with Hamas weapons.

It's the children's flashcards and textbooks that preach hate against…

— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) August 5, 2024

The @nytimes never fails to get the story wrong on Israel.

The UN has admitted that @UNRWA staff participated in the Oct 7 massacre and this is the shameful headline that the Times musters. pic.twitter.com/szDSIWN9TO

— Aviva Klompas (@AvivaKlompas) August 5, 2024

BREAKING: The United Nations 🇺🇳 officially admits that at least 9 UNRWA employees participated in the horrific October 7th massacre. pic.twitter.com/lhSjF4ztId

— Vivid.🇮🇱 (@VividProwess) August 5, 2024

Found in UNRWA headquarters in Gaza City:

– military grade weapons
– tactical drones
– rockets
– machine guns
– mortars
– explosives
– grenadespic.twitter.com/PVtnYTMVF7

— Marina Medvin 🇺🇸 (@MarinaMedvin) July 12, 2024

UNRWA Is Complicit in Terror; Disband It

By Gregg Roman, The Middle East Forum Observer August 6, 2024

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The UN’s August 5 announcement that it fired additional employees from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) for possible involvement in Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks against Israel is meaningless propaganda. UNRWA has supported Palestinian terrorism for years before Oct. 7 by allowing Hamas to tunnel under its facilities, producing viciously antisemitic curricular material advocating violence against Jews, and supporting a workforce in which ten percent of employees have ties to terrorist groups, according to Israeli estimates.

When the United Nations established UNRWA in 1949, it envisioned a temporary agency that would help resettle Palestinian refugees and then disband within a couple of years. Rather than resolve the refugee problem and disband, UNRWA perpetuated it and grew increasingly complicit in terror.

The UN’s August 5 announcement that it fired additional employees from UNRWA for possible involvement in Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks against Israel is meaningless propaganda.

By its own bylaws, UNRWA commits to neutrality and mandates that humanitarian actors must not take sides in hostilities or engage in political, racial, religious, or ideological controversies. Between October 2023 and April 2024, however, UNRWA official statements violated this principle more than 250 times as outlined in a new Middle East Forum report, The Neutrality Mirage: UNRWA‘s Violations of Humanitarian Principles. More than 80 percent of reviewed statements violated neutrality or included tendentious language and unsubstantiated claims predominantly directed against Israel, while ignoring Hamas violations of the laws of war. Many of the statements’ accusations later proved to be exaggerated or false.

To address these concerns, the UN secretary-general appointed former French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna to lead an Independent Review Group to assess UNRWA‘s compliance with its neutrality obligations. The UN leadership undercut the review by omitting political advocacy from its neutrality review. While the UN review identified eight areas in which UNRWA could improve, omitting its political advocacy was the equivalent of a doctor advocating for treatment for a hangnail but ignoring the sucking chest wound.

UNRWA‘s political advocacy is problematic. It embraces a biased narrative and supports a “right of return” based on a contentious interpretation of UN General Assembly Resolution 194, which worded its settlement calls to encourage compromise. Additionally, as Daniel Pipes writes, UNRWA‘s definition of Palestine refugees differs significantly from standard international refugee definitions, particularly in how refugee status is inherited across generations and maintained even after obtaining citizenship elsewhere. Castigating Israeli military actions without context demonstrates bias inconsistent with UNRWA‘s humanitarian mandate.

UNRWA‘s policy of perpetuating Palestinian refugee status for 75 years epitomizes the agency’s failure. This unprecedented approach has inflated the number of registered refugees from 700,000 in 1950 to over 5 million today, granting refugee status even to newborns in 2024. UNRWA diverts resources from genuine needs and obstructs peace by creating unrealistic expectations. By maintaining this expansive definition, UNRWA not only fails its mandate but actively perpetuates the conflict. The international community must demand alignment of Palestinian refugee status with global norms to pave the way for a genuine resolution.

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An empty UNRWA bag found inside of a Hamas tunnel in Gaza. (Photo: Israel Defense Forces)

Many organizations confuse politics with principle and stray from their original missions. What makes UNRWA more dangerous is its support for Hamas, a US-, EU-, UK-, Canadian- and Japanese-designated terrorist organization. Part of the problem is that UNRWA hires locally in far greater numbers than other UN agencies. It then comes to reflect more the society it serves than the principles its charter outlines. UNRWA staff affiliations with Hamas and other terrorist organizations breach neutrality. Such affiliations compromise the agency’s integrity and endanger the safety of the population it serves. By allowing individuals affiliated with Hamas to operate within its framework, UNRWA effectively provides support and legitimacy to Hamas. This support extends beyond cheerleading; Hamas has used UNRWA facilities to store weapons and launch attacks against Israel.

Given the inability or unwillingness of UNRWA to reform, it behooves its donors to hold UNRWA accountable. Continued funding should be contingent upon a complete cessation of political advocacy and adherence to stringent neutrality. The agency also must undergo an independent and comprehensive review that includes all aspects of its activities.

The rot is so deep that reform no longer may be possible. The international community should also consider disbanding UNRWA and transferring its responsibilities to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), an experienced agency that assists refugees worldwide. Not all Palestinians may qualify for refugee status under UNHCR criteria, but local organizations can fill the gap. Allowing UNHCR to assume responsibility may enable the international community to address the needs of Palestine refugees without entrenched biases and systemic issues that plague UNRWA. This approach would streamline aid delivery, ensure compliance with international standards of neutrality, redefine Palestine refugee status, and remove the undue political influence currently exerted by UNRWA’s operations.

Related:

Found Inside Gaza City UNRWA HQ – Hamas, War Rooms, Drones, Explosives, Weapons

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