The Israeli parliament gave preliminary approval on Monday to a bill that declares the main United Nations relief organisation for Palestinians a terrorist organisation and proposes to sever relations with the body, Reuters reports.

The vote against the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) is the latest step in an Israeli push against the Agency, which Israeli leaders have accused of collaborating with the Hamas Movement in Gaza.

Israel has said hundreds of UNRWA staff are members of terrorist groups, including Hamas and Islamic Jihad, but has yet to provide evidence to a UN-appointed review.

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No one but genocide loving zionists wants to hear the lying screeds of a genocidal, racist, apartheid regime. I care as much to read that as a copy of the latest “Jewish crimes” written by Nazi magazines in the 1930s.

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That’s some really strong statements. Speaking for myself I don’t identify as a genocide loving Zionist.

For what it’s worth the article is really dry and cites independent sources, and has quotes from UN officials that say that UNRWA workers were removed. A full internal investigation will take place.

This is how statecraft works. Have you ever wondered why there’s no Pride parades on Palestine but there are in Tel Aviv?

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"When granaries are full, people know etiquette; when they are well-fed and clothed, they understand honor and shame. " People on the brink of starvation do not ponder philosophy. UNRWA does not cultivate Hamas, but Israel’s attacks on Palestinians, killing their relatives, and making them hungry and homeless, are the soil that breeds Hamas. I believe that Zionism will become even more frenzied. According to the 1967 two-state solution, Israel should withdraw from Jerusalem, and if the CPC commits to it, they will never go back on their word.

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Let me ask you using your own rhetoric: “Have you wondered why there is no food in Gaza but there is in Tel Aviv?”. Real mystery!

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The aid comes through Egypt, ask the Egyptians and whatever arm of Hamas steals it and resells it to normal Palestinians?

A lot of aid was found in the tunnels Hamas forced children to construct instead of hospitals and schools and whatnot.

Netanyahu isn’t the answer either, but labelling an entire people as genocidal colonisers is a stretch. Also Sephardic Jews exist.

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