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Kaag will continue in her current role as U.N. senior humanitarian and reconstruction coordinator for Gaza.
“We need to see how the plan is implemented,” said Andrew Baker, of the American Jewish Committee. “That will be the real measure.”
Philippe Lazzarini told JNS that should UNRWA be unable to operate under Israeli law, its funding and staff could, with donor agreement, move to another U.N. agency.
The U.N. secretary-general accused Israel of war crimes.
The brigade located numerous weapons depots in structures near a central United Nations post in the area.
Julia Sebutinde is a “brave and honest woman,” who “is a beacon for us all,” wrote May Golan, an Israeli minister.
“The good news: Hezbollah wanted the other guy,” wrote Hillel Neuer, of UN Watch. “The bad news: Salam is a longtime supporter of Ayatollah Khamenei, Fidel Castro and Bashar Assad.”
Francesca Albanese, the U.N. special rapporteur for Palestinians, wrote the post in response to an antisemitic publication.
The London-based Islamic Human Rights Commission says “Failure to recognize Gaza as a site of genocide is to remain silent in the face of profound injustice.”
U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein reportedly assured Beirut that Israeli forces will fully withdraw from Lebanon by Jan. 26.
“These violations continue to be excluded from the secretariat’s reports,” Danny Danon wrote in a 44-page letter.
U.S. Maj. Gen. Jasper Jeffers praised the Lebanese Armed Forces, particularly commending the engineer corps for safely handling unexploded ordnance.
