António Guterres
The foreign minister slammed the world body’s leader after the latter blamed Jerusalem for the suffering in Gaza.
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz called on the U.N. Secretary General to declare Hamas a terrorist organization.
The shift reflects Israel’s desire to reduce the agency’s role in managing civilian life in Gaza as much as possible.
“We have to plan for all possibilities,” said a State Department spokesman, amid congressional legislation to defund the scandal-plagued agency.
The embattled U.N. chief, whose agency has long been accused of Jew-hatred, said the top U.N. priority is freeing the hostages in Gaza.
Avi Abraham Benlolo, founding chair and CEO of the Abraham Global Peace Initiative, wrote that the United Nations exploits its Gazan staff.
Head of Hostages and Missing Families Forum: It is the U.N.’s duty “to put international pressure on all parties involved.”
The New Jersey congressman told JNS, “We must ensure that our tax dollars are not going to support terrorist organizations.”
CMI reported that skepticism and opposition to UNRWA is based on “misunderstanding” and “unfounded claims” and that incitement within the agency “can be hard to control.”
Two of the groups the United Nations tapped to investigate its embattled Palestinian refugee agency praised South Africa’s genocide charges against the Jewish state.
António Guterres didn’t mention Jews in a clip shared on social media, but his full statement did and quoted former chief rabbi Jonathan Sacks.
Rabbis for Ceasefire protested inside the sensitive U.N Security Council chamber on Jan. 9.
