[IS National News] Norway said on Monday that it was increasing its funding to the UN agency for "Palestinian refugees" (UNRWA) by 100 million kroner, AFP reported.
Israel said in January that 12 UNRWA staff participated in the October 7 Hamas attacks. In the weeks that followed, numerous donor states suspended or paused some $450 million in funding to UNRWA.
Some of those countries, including Germany, Sweden, Canada, Japan and Austria, have since resumed funding to the agency.
"UNRWA is the backbone of the humanitarian response in Gaza," Norway's minister for international development, Anne Beathe Kristiansen Tvinnereim, said in a statement quoted by AFP.
"The war, accusations made by Israel, continuous attacks on the organization and funds withheld by major donors, have put UNRWA in an extremely difficult financial situation," she said.
We'll remember.
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Then US defense support funding to Norway should be cut by the same amount.
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As a matter of fact Norway did just that. In March it announced that it will speed up its defense spending and reach the 2% target in 2024 (instead of 2026).
Nice try regular joe. You aren't fooling anyone here.
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The level of rapes of Norwegian women haven't taught them enough yet of the nature of the beast?
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[Regnum] About 16,000 people in Turkey suffered serious cuts and other injuries during sacrifices on the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca announced this on Sunday, June 16. "Allah mudallah banana fanna bo-fanna Allah! Ow!"
“On the first day of the holiday, about 16 thousand people turned to our hospitals due to injuries received during the sacrifice,” he wrote on his page on the social network X. "Ew! Guts!"
"Call an ambulance! Quick!"
It is noted that the most people were affected in Ankara (1,274), Istanbul (840) and Izmir (416). "What's up with this guy, Doctor Quincy?"
"They say he disembowelled himself, Sam!"
According to the head of the Turkish Ministry of Health, the reason for such injuries is the lack of experience of the people performing the sacrifice. At the same time, it is also possible that some violate the requirements of the authorities, according to which the slaughter of sacrificial animals must be carried out in specially designated places. "But I'm not sure they're his bowels!"
As reported by Regnum news agency, in 2024 Eid al-Adha will be celebrated for three days - from June 16 to 18. The main festive events take place on the first day. On June 16, President Vladimir Putin sent congratulations to the Muslims of Russia, "Congratulations! Now disembowel yourselves!"
noting the significant contribution of Muslim organizations to the unity of the Russian people and the development of interethnic and interreligious dialogue. "How can you tell?"
"They're not his unless he's been on a Purina and grass diet!"
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I dunno about that. They kill themselves and each other by accident often enough. I saw elsewhere today that they claimed 555 dead Paleostinians to 22 Israelis. What does that say about their soldierly skills?
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We should all encourage more religious behavior of this nature.
(If you can get them to kill themselves, you don't have to do it for them.)
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Half(0.5, 1/2) as many as 'killed' in Gaza...
Here's a refresher on counting:
[Al Jazeera] Two Democrats ...every time you hear the phrase white people, white supremacy,white anything but paint, you're listening to a Democrat. Ask him/her/it to reimagine something for you; they do that a lot, though not well. They can hear a dog whistle a mile or two away. They invented the spoils system and Tammany Hall, and inspired the addition of the word (Thomas) Nasty to the English language. They want to stop continental drift and repeal the law of unintended side effects... in US Congress who have been stalling a major arms sale to Israel have agreed to support the deal under heavy pressure from the Biden administration, the Washington Post reports.
Citing three unnamed officials, the Post said that Representative Gregory Meeks and Senator Ben Cardin finally relented weeks ago after months of holding up the weapons package, which includes 50 F-15 fighter jets worth more than $18bn.
Meeks, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, had previously promised to hold up the package until he received assurances about how Israel would use the warplanes and munitions in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... "Any issues or concerns Chair Cardin had were addressed through our ongoing consultations with the [Biden] Administration, and that’s why he felt it appropriate to allow this case to move forward," Eric Harris, communications director for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told the Post.
[GEO.TV] As the country celebrates Eid ul Adha, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir Monday underscored deaders' sacrifice for paying the ultimate price in the defence of the country.
"As soldiers, we take pride in celebrating such festivities away from our homes and loved ones while on duty, ensuring the security of our country and fellow citizens," the COAS said while speaking to the soldiers during his visit to the Line of Control (LoC) in Haji Pir sector.
As per a statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the army chief offered Eid prayers with officers and soldiers at the front line and prayed for Pakistain's peace and prosperity. He also commended soldiers' dedication, high morale, and commitment to defending the motherland.
Commenting on the situation in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir ...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there.... (IIOJK), Gen Munir reiterated Pakistain's principled stance, aligned with relevant United Nations ...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships... resolutions.
The COAS condemned India's ongoing oppression and brutalities against Kashmiris and noted that New Delhi, after the recently concluded elections, has been attempting to mask its aggression and victimisation of the Kashmiri people with false propaganda and provocations against Pakistain.
Such tactics, including manufacturing false flag operations, have become a routine political tool of India, he noted.
"Pakistain has always supported peace and stability in the region; however, any provocation or violation of Pakistain's territorial illusory sovereignty will be met with a swift and resolute response, with the full support of the nation," the army chief added.
Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif extended warm greetings to the Pak nation and Moslems around the world on Eid and recalled the violence in various areas around the world, namely in IIOJK and Paleostine.
On this Eid day, he said: "We pray for our Paleostinian and Kashmiri brothers and sisters who are bravely facing brutal foreign occupation but remain steadfast in their struggle to achieve their right of self-determination".
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Amos Hochstein, an Advisor to U.S. President Joe Biden will reportedly arrived today in Jerusalem for High-Level Meetings with several Israeli Officials including Prime Minister Netanyahu, in hopes to prevent an All-Out War between Israel and Hezbollah in Southern Lebanon. pic.twitter.com/xQSFGivRzL
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Recycled news: August 31, 2023, BEIRUT (AP) — A senior U.S. envoy visiting Beirut said Thursday that Washington is looking into possibilities for solving a decades-old border dispute between Lebanon and Israel, a year after he brokered a deal on the maritime frontier between the two nations. Amos Hochstein, a senior advisor to U.S. President Joe Biden, also expressed disappointment with Lebanon’s reluctance to implement reforms amid the country’s historic economic meltdown. He spoke to reporters at the end of a two-day visit to Lebanon during which he met with the caretaker prime minister, the Parliament speaker and other officials.
Hochstein last year brokered a maritime border deal between Lebanon and Israel paving the way for gas exploration in the area, in what many hope will eventually help pull Beirut out of its economic crisis.
Lebanon and Israel have formally been at war since Israel’s creation in 1948.
Asked whether he is coming to mediate between Lebanon and Israel over their disputed land border, Hochstein said that he listened to the views of the Lebanese government, then visited the border area “to learn more about what is needed in order to be able to achieve an outcome.”
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu announced the Dissolution of the Unified War Cabinet earlier today, less than Two Weeks after Opposition Leader and Former Minister of Defense, Benny Gantz stated that he as well as his Party was Withdrawing from the Cabinet. pic.twitter.com/pFdC1ReRxP
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
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...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it 
