United Nations
“Demanding an immediate, unconditional ceasefire without an agreement requiring Hamas to release the hostages will not bring about a durable peace,” the U.S. envoy said.
Washington’s draft counters Algeria’s text, set for a Feb. 20 vote, which calls for an immediate end to Israel’s war against the Hamas terror organization.
The draft resolution could “run counter” to goals the White House believes can still be reached through diplomacy, says U.S. U.N. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield.
The social worker from the U.N. agency and another terrorist are seen stuffing the man’s body into the back of an SUV and driving off.
The Israel defense minister told journalists that 1,468 of UNRWA’s 13,000 staff members in Gaza are members of Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
The North African country, with a long history of being anti-Israel, appears to believe the United States is out of excuses to block the resolution.
“Hamas is not a terrorist group, for us, of course, as you know, it’s a political movement,” U.N. Under-Secretary-General Martin Griffiths said.
There are “absolutely no other U.N. agency or international NGOs” that can replace the terror-linked organization, Philippe Lazzarini claimed.
Yitzhak Goldknopf instructed the Israel Lands Authority “to immediately end all agreements” with the “nefarious” organization over its ties to Hamas.
“The time for Jewish silence is past,” said FM Israel Katz, who called for the dismissal of U.N. Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese.
Francesca Albanese said the terrorists acted in response to “oppression” and not out of Jew-hatred.
Head of Hostages and Missing Families Forum: It is the U.N.’s duty “to put international pressure on all parties involved.”
