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Michael Rubin. 2002. "The U.N.'s Refugees". The Wall Street Journal:
Unfortunately, UNRWA is not alone in reinforcing the U.N.'s reputation as an organization incapable of fighting terror. On May 24, 2000, Israel unilaterally pulled back from southern Lebanon, a withdrawal the U.N. certified to be complete. Terror did not end, though. On Oct. 7, 2000, Hezbollah guerrillas crossed the border and kidnapped three Israeli soldiers (including one Israeli Arab), all of whom they subsequently killed. Observers from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon videotaped the scene of the kidnapping, including the getaway cars, and some guerrillas.
Inexplicably, they then hid the videotape. Questioned by Israeli officials, Terje Roed-Larsen, the U.N. Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, chided Israel for "questioning the good faith of senior United Nations officials." When after eight months the U.N. finally admitted to possessing the tape, officials balked at showing it to the Israeli government since that might "undermine U.N. neutrality." That U.N. observers protected and defended guerrillas who crossed a U.N.-certified border, using cars with U.N. license plates while under the cover of U.N. flags, was apparently of no consequence to UNIFIL. Pronouncements aside, U.N. moral equivalency in practice dictates that terrorists are equal to states. Fighting terror compromises U.N. neutrality.
Article can be viewed at http://www.opinionjournal.com/editor...l?id=105001943
And by the way, its a very interesting article. It also talks about the UN and Terrorism in Iraq. In fact, about the UN in general:
http://www.mideasttruth.com/UNdanger.pps The part i posted above can be found in this presentation in the part about "The UN and Israel"
Here's an article about smuggling Qassam rockets
Beyond the Facts
Israel wants UNRWA probed
By Amir Mizroch and Ofer Barsadeh
The Jerusalem Post
October 2, 2004
Surveillance video shows Palestinians in Gaza loading
what looks like a Kassam rocket into a vehicle marked "UN"
Photo: IDF
Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Gillerman, has called on UN Secretary General Koffi Anan to fire Peter Hansen, the head of the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) following the publication of video footage showing Palestinian terrorists storing what appears to be a Kassam rocket inside a UN-marked vehicle in the northern Gaza Strip.
"We view this incident very seriously, and I intend on Monday to turn to the UN Secretary General with a very strong complaint. I will ask him to come to the necessary conclusions regarding UNRWA, to check the incident and establish a serious committee of inquiry that will get to the bottom of this thing. It is unacceptable that the UN, which is supposed to further the goals of peace, will turn into a shelter for murderers," Gillerman said.
Gillerman also called Hansen "anti-Israeli," Israel Radio reported.
UN officials said Saturday they are investigating the claim by the Israeli military that Palestinian terrorists transported a rocket in a vehicle with UN markings, but accused Israel of having made false allegations in the past.
On Friday, the IDF released video footage taken from an unmanned aircraft, or drone, flying over the Jebalya refugee camp. The blurred black-and-white video showed three men walking toward the U.N. vehicle, including one who carried an elongated object. The army said the object was a rocket.
Peter Hansen, the head of the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), said Saturday that "we are doing our best to see what the basis for the allegations is," and that UN ambulance drivers were being questioned. The UNRWA is an agency which assists Palestinian refugees in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Speaking to The Jerusalem Post on Saturday, Hansen said he was on his way to Jerusalem hopefully to be able to see higher resolution footage of the incident. He added that he has instigated an investigation of all ambulance drivers and orderlies. "This won't be the first time false allegations have been made against us. Everyone who has seen the footage has told me the object looks more like a folded-up stretcher than anything else. Especially since it was being carried with one hand. A Kassam rocket would be too heavy for a man to carry with one hand.
"Unless we are talking about Goliath, (he) could hardly carry a Kassam rocket as a light object in one hand," Hansen told The Associated Press.
According to the IDF website, the Kassam rocket is about 2 meters long and weighs on average 5.5 KG (about 12 pounds).
"This is not the first time that we have allegations that turn out to be false or rather (are) based on very, very insufficient evidence," he said.
Israel has accused terrorists of using U.N. vehicles and offices to launch attacks. Israel has also accused UNRWA officials of turning a blind eye to terrorist activities in their vicinity, and of bias against Israel.
Israel uses drones to monitor activities in the crowded Gaza refugee camps. The footage provides soldiers and pilots real-time pictures of what is happening on the ground.
Friday's footage was released while the army launched a wide scale operation in the Jebalya refugee camp and nearby towns in an attempt to halt Palestinian rocket attacks on towns in Israel. Those rocket attacks killed two Israeli preschoolers Wednesday.
To watch the IDF's footage of the incident, click here: http://www1.idf.il/SIP_STORAGE/DOVER/files/7/34147.wmv
seriously, you think im just making this up? its okay tho, its good you ask for a source.
Really, as to what to do with the UN- Leave it and start a new international body, with an exclusive membership- criteria for membership can at least begin with an active election process. And a fundamental requirement for it's continued existance is compliance with international law FOR ALL ITS MEMBERS NOT JUST THE SMALLEST AND MOST JEWISH.
Dao- Obviously, i havent stopped you from posting on political threads.
Unfortunately, UNRWA is not alone in reinforcing the U.N.'s reputation as an organization incapable of fighting terror. On May 24, 2000, Israel unilaterally pulled back from southern Lebanon, a withdrawal the U.N. certified to be complete. Terror did not end, though. On Oct. 7, 2000, Hezbollah guerrillas crossed the border and kidnapped three Israeli soldiers (including one Israeli Arab), all of whom they subsequently killed. Observers from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon videotaped the scene of the kidnapping, including the getaway cars, and some guerrillas.
Inexplicably, they then hid the videotape. Questioned by Israeli officials, Terje Roed-Larsen, the U.N. Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, chided Israel for "questioning the good faith of senior United Nations officials." When after eight months the U.N. finally admitted to possessing the tape, officials balked at showing it to the Israeli government since that might "undermine U.N. neutrality." That U.N. observers protected and defended guerrillas who crossed a U.N.-certified border, using cars with U.N. license plates while under the cover of U.N. flags, was apparently of no consequence to UNIFIL. Pronouncements aside, U.N. moral equivalency in practice dictates that terrorists are equal to states. Fighting terror compromises U.N. neutrality.
Article can be viewed at http://www.opinionjournal.com/editor...l?id=105001943
And by the way, its a very interesting article. It also talks about the UN and Terrorism in Iraq. In fact, about the UN in general:
http://www.mideasttruth.com/UNdanger.pps The part i posted above can be found in this presentation in the part about "The UN and Israel"
Here's an article about smuggling Qassam rockets
Beyond the Facts
Israel wants UNRWA probed
By Amir Mizroch and Ofer Barsadeh
The Jerusalem Post
October 2, 2004
Surveillance video shows Palestinians in Gaza loading
what looks like a Kassam rocket into a vehicle marked "UN"
Photo: IDF
Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Gillerman, has called on UN Secretary General Koffi Anan to fire Peter Hansen, the head of the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) following the publication of video footage showing Palestinian terrorists storing what appears to be a Kassam rocket inside a UN-marked vehicle in the northern Gaza Strip.
"We view this incident very seriously, and I intend on Monday to turn to the UN Secretary General with a very strong complaint. I will ask him to come to the necessary conclusions regarding UNRWA, to check the incident and establish a serious committee of inquiry that will get to the bottom of this thing. It is unacceptable that the UN, which is supposed to further the goals of peace, will turn into a shelter for murderers," Gillerman said.
Gillerman also called Hansen "anti-Israeli," Israel Radio reported.
UN officials said Saturday they are investigating the claim by the Israeli military that Palestinian terrorists transported a rocket in a vehicle with UN markings, but accused Israel of having made false allegations in the past.
On Friday, the IDF released video footage taken from an unmanned aircraft, or drone, flying over the Jebalya refugee camp. The blurred black-and-white video showed three men walking toward the U.N. vehicle, including one who carried an elongated object. The army said the object was a rocket.
Peter Hansen, the head of the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), said Saturday that "we are doing our best to see what the basis for the allegations is," and that UN ambulance drivers were being questioned. The UNRWA is an agency which assists Palestinian refugees in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Speaking to The Jerusalem Post on Saturday, Hansen said he was on his way to Jerusalem hopefully to be able to see higher resolution footage of the incident. He added that he has instigated an investigation of all ambulance drivers and orderlies. "This won't be the first time false allegations have been made against us. Everyone who has seen the footage has told me the object looks more like a folded-up stretcher than anything else. Especially since it was being carried with one hand. A Kassam rocket would be too heavy for a man to carry with one hand.
"Unless we are talking about Goliath, (he) could hardly carry a Kassam rocket as a light object in one hand," Hansen told The Associated Press.
According to the IDF website, the Kassam rocket is about 2 meters long and weighs on average 5.5 KG (about 12 pounds).
"This is not the first time that we have allegations that turn out to be false or rather (are) based on very, very insufficient evidence," he said.
Israel has accused terrorists of using U.N. vehicles and offices to launch attacks. Israel has also accused UNRWA officials of turning a blind eye to terrorist activities in their vicinity, and of bias against Israel.
Israel uses drones to monitor activities in the crowded Gaza refugee camps. The footage provides soldiers and pilots real-time pictures of what is happening on the ground.
Friday's footage was released while the army launched a wide scale operation in the Jebalya refugee camp and nearby towns in an attempt to halt Palestinian rocket attacks on towns in Israel. Those rocket attacks killed two Israeli preschoolers Wednesday.
To watch the IDF's footage of the incident, click here: http://www1.idf.il/SIP_STORAGE/DOVER/files/7/34147.wmv
seriously, you think im just making this up? its okay tho, its good you ask for a source.
Really, as to what to do with the UN- Leave it and start a new international body, with an exclusive membership- criteria for membership can at least begin with an active election process. And a fundamental requirement for it's continued existance is compliance with international law FOR ALL ITS MEMBERS NOT JUST THE SMALLEST AND MOST JEWISH.
Dao- Obviously, i havent stopped you from posting on political threads.
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