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| Norway says sending $24 million to UNRWA after Israel ban |
| 2025-01-31 |
| [IsraelTimes] The Norwegian government says that it will contribute $24 million to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, the same day that Israel banned the group from operating on Israeli territory. $24 million won't even last past the first three transfers “Gaza is in ruins, and UNRWA’s help is more necessary than ever,” Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide says in a statement. “It is extremely dramatic for Palestine that Israeli laws come into force that in practice can prevent UNRWA from working.” Yes, it is. So Norway’s money will have to go to support Palestinians sequestered in refugee camps around the Middle East, but not in Israel or the Palestinian territories. Starting Thursday, UNRWA is banned from operating on Israeli soil and contact between it and Israeli officials is forbidden. Israel’s Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the ban late Wednesday.Israeli officials have repeatedly accused UNRWA of being a cover for terror groups and undermining the country’s security. The hostility intensified in the wake of Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, with accusations that a number of UNRWA employees participated in the assault. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #5 I think I missed the statement from UNRWA concerning the summary execution of prisoners in Syria. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2025-01-31 17:53 |
| #4 Twenty four million will buy a lot of lutefisk! |
| Posted by: SteveS 2025-01-31 17:37 |
| #3 They'll prob take it from the NorAid we send them. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-01-31 17:14 |
| #2 Good for Norway. That's $25 million we won't waste. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-01-31 17:13 |
| #1 Muslim ‘Rape Wave’ Reported in Oslo, Ministers Blame Israel Report: 45 of 48 rapes in Norway’s capital recently were by Muslims, but Norwegian ministers think this is just pro-Israel propaganda.. |
| Posted by: Grom the Affective 2025-01-31 03:58 |