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UN official warns of further Gaza conflict
2015-02-14
Ramallah: A top UN official warned on Thursday of another potential conflict in the Gaza Strip, urging Israel to lift its blockade and the Palestinians to end in-fighting to avoid further violence.

The United Nations also called for an additional $705 million in boodle humanitarian aid to the Palestinian territories, most of it for Gaza which saw its bloodiest and most destructive war last year.
That's even more than Champ wants for a new 'stimulus'...
That's because none of the recent pledges have been paid, and the accumulated debt in need of paying off, in the usual way, has continued to accumulate -- plus the usual skimming for Hamas special projects and everyone's private pockets.
“Right now, things are not going well, and we’re very concerned about the possibility of a further conflict,” James Rawley, UN humanitarian chief for the Palestinian territories, said. “But it’s not inevitable... as long as several things happen.

“To have a complete recovery of Gaza, even to go back to where we were in July (before the 50-day conflict) requires more than construction material going in. It requires a lifting of the blockade,” said Rawley.
Rawley likely turned a blind eye to the construction of the bunkers and tunnels last time, and he'll turn a blind eye this time...
“In parallel, we have to see a commitment from the militant groups in Gaza to stop firing rockets at civilians in Israel... and Palestinian reconciliation moving forward” to reassure donors that building materials were not falling into the hands of militants, he added.

Rawley called for a “reconstruction hudna (truce) for three to five years” to allow rehabilitation of the coastal enclave.
That would allow the Gazooks to harden the bunkers to near Hezbollah levels...
Meanwhile the UN, at a news conference in Ramallah, said 75 per cent of the additional aid it needs would be destined for Gaza, while the rest would be allocated to the West Bank.

The July-August war between Israel and Hamas killed almost 2,200 Palestinians and 73 on the Israeli side, and left 100,000 Gazans homeless. Delivery of building materials to reconstruct damaged homes had increased significantly after a slow start, Rawley said, with “good cooperation” from Israel, which controls two of Gaza’s three crossings. Egypt controls the third.

Egypt should open the Rafah crossing, which has mostly been shut during and since the conflict, for medical patients and aid, Rawley said. He also stressed the importance of implementing a months-old unity deal between West Bank-based Fatah, which dominates the Palestinian Authority, and Hamas, which has seen disputes over who controls Gaza’s internal checkpoints.

“We also need to see... progress on intra-Palestinian reconciliation... and instill donor confidence, including by having just one Palestinian presence at the border crossings,” he said.

But Palestinian deputy prime minister Mohammed Mustafa dismissed reconciliation as the principle concern for stability in Gaza.

“I think reconciliation will help, but I don’t think it’s the problem today,” he told the Ramallah news conference. “The real test” would be to ensure funding and bring in more construction material, he added.
Posted by:Steve White

#2  I've a solution: run UNRWA out of Gaza---let the locals work for a living.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-02-14 14:35  

#1  Good thing the UN wasn't around to give the NAZIs more time to build up.
Posted by: chris   2015-02-14 09:15  

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