Knesset to vote on declaring UNRWA a terrorist organization - The Jerusalem Post (m.jpost.com)

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[-] GrymEdm@lemmy.world 68 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Upvoted because it's a story worth knowing, but as far as I can tell this is just further harassment/condemnation of anything pro-Palestinian. As of the end of April, independent review "finds no evidence for Israel's claims about UNRWA and Hamas".

Israel has declared organizations as terrorists on bad premises before. E.g. - in 2021 Defence for Children International was formally labelled a terrorist organization after they reported the rape of a 13-year-old Palestinian to the US State Department. Josh Paul, a director involved with the investigation, gives details in an interview about why he resigned from the State Dept. post-Oct. 7th. The short version is: the allegations of rape were credible, Israel was confronted, the next day Israeli forces seized all the local assets of Defence for Children International and declared them terrorists.

EU nations have formally rejected "terrorist organization" labels being applied to humanitarian/watchdog agencies in Israel/OPT before.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 37 points 3 months ago

They're just justifying shooting at neutral aid workers. I imagine they'll declare the Red Crescent a terrorist organization next.

[-] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 3 months ago

Sadly they haven't needed evidence for much of what Israel has done over the years

[-] JesterIzDead@lemm.ee 33 points 3 months ago

Terrorist organization to vote on declaring UNRWA a terrorist organization. There…fixed the headline

[-] bamboo@lemm.ee 32 points 3 months ago

If “Israel” calls you a terrorist, you’re probably doing something right.

[-] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 28 points 3 months ago

This is so absurd.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago

Thanks, I needed a laugh this evening.

[-] solidgrue@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

Hey, do you need a new GIF? Seems relevant tonight.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Well this isn't a Riker moment, but it is pretty damn funny.

[-] solidgrue@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Sad trombone is always a favorite.

I love the ambiguity in this GIF. It's both judgy, and still castigates both sides of an argument for being stupid. Its coming into vogue.

It's also not mine. Lol.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I haven't seen the film, but I believe it's an actual line from it.

[-] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

You think israel would do that? Go into the Knesset and lie?

[-] Maeve@kbin.social 8 points 3 months ago

Smh

[-] ghostdoggtv@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

The Knesset are bigger terrorists than Hamas at this point

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