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[IsraelTimes] David Lammy says he ‘was appalled’ by Israeli accusations of UNRWA complicity in October 7 ‘but the UN took these allegations seriously’
Britain’s new Labour government said on Friday it would resume funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), in the first major change by the new government to British policy regarding the Israel-Hamas war.
Britain was one of several countries to halt their funding to UNRWA in January, following accusations by Israel that some agency staff were involved in Hamas’s October 7 attack, when thousands of terrorists invaded southern Israel from the Gaza Strip, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages, starting the ongoing war.
British Foreign Secretary David Lammy told parliament on Friday he was reassured that the agency, which provides education, health and other services to millions of Palestinians in Gaza and elsewhere, had taken steps to ensure it has the “highest standards of neutrality,” including improving vetting.
Lammy described UNRWA as the backbone of aid operations in Gaza, saying it helps feed about half of the territory’s population, and announced the government would provide 21 million pounds ($27 million) in new funding to the agency.
He also said that “with journalists banned from entering, aid agencies are also a vital source of information from the Strip, and their reports are devastating,” beginning with the statistic that “almost 40,000 [have been] killed.”
The figure cited by Lammy appeared to come from the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry, whose toll cannot be verified and does not differentiate between civilians and fighters. Israel says it has killed some 15,000 combatants in battle and some 1,000 terrorists inside Israel during the October 7 attack.
He also cited accounts that malnutrition in Gaza was so severe mothers could not produce breast milk for their children, that diarrhea was found at 40 times its normal prevalence, and that polio had been detected in Gaza.
“Humanitarian aid is a moral necessity in the face of such a catastrophe, and it is aid agencies who ensure UK support reaches civilians on the ground,” he said. “UNRWA is absolutely central to these efforts. No other agency can deliver aid at the scale needed.”
The government’s change in policy comes after Labour’s commanding election victory was dented by the loss of five seats to pro-Palestinian independent candidates.
Britain joins other countries including Japan, Germany, Italy, Australia and Canada that have resumed funding to the agency after initially withdrawing their support in the wake of the October 7-related allegations.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry has charged that “more than 2,135 UNRWA employees are members of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, and one-fifth of the principals of UNRWA schools are Hamas activists,” saying “it is impossible to say where UNRWA ends and Hamas begins.”
Lammy cited a review in April, led by former French foreign minister Catherine Colonna, that said Israel had not provided evidence for those accusations. Israel rejected the review’s conclusions.
The British foreign secretary, however, said he was reassured by Colonna’s report “that UNRWA is ensuring they meet the high standards of neutrality, and strengthening its procedures, including on vetting.”
Earlier this month, the Israeli Foreign Ministry sent a letter to UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini listing 108 employees of the agency who Israel says are Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists.
The IDF has also found a Hamas data center located directly beneath UNRWA headquarters in Gaza City, in addition to numerous findings indicating the use of the agency’s assets for terror purposes.
In February, Britain’s then-foreign minister David Cameron said he wanted an “absolute guarantee” that UNRWA would not employ staff who were willing to attack Israel.
Cameron was replaced by Lammy as foreign secretary following the Labour Party’s July 4 landslide election win.
Lammy declined on Friday to elaborate on other elements of the government’s policy with respect to the war and, when asked about potential arrest warrants for Israeli leaders by the International Criminal Court, he said the government was taking legal advice and still deciding its position.
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Easier said than done absent legislation enabling withholding funds from offending jurisdictions (and/or making enabling violation of immigration laws a federal offense). Courts have held that absent such legislation, the Feds can't withhold funds. And I DO NOT want to see executive actions that usurp the legislative process whether it's by the Donks or Trunks.
The idea here may be to make the process the punishment, especially if the GOP can catch both the House and Senate. Figure out some way to slow roll that money for EVERYBODY - I suspect that a fair amount of cities may start leaning on the others.
Another possibility is to redirect those funds to provide care for those the cities say they can't cover. "Hey, you guys say you can't afford these people, we only have so much money, we're helping you out!"
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You tell the cities and their state governments, we're not bailing you out. As more diseases break out, publicly identify them as hot zones for you and your families. Cities that have refused to report accurate crime stats can have their fed monies moved to those that report.
[GEO.TV] The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government on Saturday announced to form a commission to conduct a transparent investigation into the Bannu incident in which at least four people were killed while several others sustained injuries.
The development comes a day after the non-combatants were killed in a firing incident during a protest rally in Bannu district against the worsening law and order.
The protest was staged on the call of the trader community, where a complete shutter-down strike was observed. They were demanding action against the gangs operating in the city and its adjoining areas.
Many people were also injured due to the stampede.
"KP Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur has taken notice of the ongoing situation in Bannu and announced the formation of a commission for transparent investigation of the incident," said Adviser on Information Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif.
The adviser said that the commission will conduct a transparent and impartial investigation and submit its report which will be made public and legal action will be taken against those responsible.
He also said that the commission's report would identify those who were involved in the incident, stressing that rumours and unverified allegations should be avoided before the report.
Barrister Saif said that security is usually on high alert in sensitive places. He highlighted that the sensitive nature of the area was also the reason behind the incident.
He advised the people to remain careful amid the ongoing wave of terrorism.
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[GEO.TV] After forming a committee to hold dialogue with the Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf ...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations.... (PTI), Jamaat Ulema-e-Islam ...Assembly of Islamic Clergy, or JUI, is a Pak Deobandi (Hanafi) political party. There are two main branches, one led by Maulana Fazlur Rahman, and one that was led by Maulana Samiul Haq. Fazl is active in Pak politix and Sami spent more time running his madrassah until his secretary rubbed him out in a jealous rage. Both branches sponsor branches of the Taliban, though with plausible deniability... -Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman ...Deobandi holy man, known as Mullah Diesel during the war against the Soviets, his sympathies for the Taliban have never been tempered by honesty. Fazl seldom misses a meal and is now so large he has his own gravitational pull... on Saturday claimed that the embattled party agreed to step down from the assemblies and dissolve the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) legislature to force the government into elections.
The religio-political party constituted a committee headed by Kamran Murtaza whose members include Maulana Lutfur Rehman, Mufti Fazal Ghafoor, Aslam Ghauri and Maulana Amjad to hold talks with the Imran Khan ...aka The Great Khan, who ain't the brightest knife in the national drawer... -founded party.
The holy man, while talking to journalists in Islamabad today, said that the former ruling party assured him of stepping down from the assemblies and dissolving the KP Assembly.
"The JUI-F committee will finalise the future strategy after holding consultations with the PTI."
However,
the way to a man's heart remains through his stomach... speaking to Geo News, PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan rejected the JUI-F supremo’s claims that his party had agreed to resign from assemblies.
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info I have is that Hasidic leaders are telling their followers to report for military duty while other Haredim leaders are either silent or advising against reporting for military duty
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one suspects the disruption they cause will offset the manpower considerations. Hopefully an article 6 months down the road will provide enlightenment... and entertainment...
#6
Sounds like the Chinese of the 19th Century. They figured their failure to keep true to the old ways was the cause of their downfall. The Japanese figured it was the technology and gave the West a run for its money in the 40s. By the late 80s the Chinese caught on.
#7
China's woes were due to a hostile and aggressive UK that started repeated wars in an attempt to take over the world. This eventually bankrupted them and they had to give it up in favor of developing their own country. Let's follow their lead and skip to the end without the bankrupting wars with China.
#8
Like all dynasties it suffered from corruption, multiple European states getting 'concessions', and unwillingness to 'Westernize' its industry, infrastructure, and institutions. The Japanese did exactly the opposite.
#9
Do your part physically or get out. They are out breeding the rest of Israel and in 50-70 years they will be the majority and not doing anything WILL assure Israel's destruction.
[GEO.TV] The European Commission said on Friday it would provide the Palestinian Authority with 400 million euros ($435.5 million) in emergency financial support in the coming two months amid concerns within the EU that the authority could collapse.
The money will be disbursed in the form of grants and loans in three payments between July and September, subject to progress in the implementation of the reform agenda of the Palestinian Authority, the Commission said in a statement. grants and loans which will disappear like dust
It had earlier signed a letter of intent with the PA setting out a strategy to address its budgetary and fiscal situation.
"Together, we are laying the groundwork for economic and political stability in the West Bank," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said.
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We Jews are very patient People with very long memory.
[NYPOST] Families of Israeli hostages fear political upheaval in the US will pull focus from their missing loved ones — and are desperate for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to announce a deal to bring them home when he addresses Congress on Wednesday.
The anti-Bibi group, anyway. The pro-Bibi families and returned hostages are desperate for the prime minister to drive the war against Hamas, et al until they surrender and voluntarily return those they hold. They just aren’t the ones emoting photogenically.
Udi Goren, 42, whose cousin Tal Haimi’s body has been held by Hamas ..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,... holy warriors 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... since they murdered him Oct. 7, said he’s confident the hostage families will continue to receive immense bipartisan support if Trump wins the election.
"There is no question where Trump stands on this issue, specifically with the statement he just made," Goren said.
Former President Donald Trump ...The Hero of Butler, Pennsylvania... issued a strident warning to Hamas during his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention Thursday, promising the terror group would pay "a very big price" if the captives were not freed.
That sounds blunt rather than strident to me, but I’m not a professional wordsmith.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken ...71st United States secretary of state and a leading light of the corrupt and inept Biden administration. He previously served as deputy national security advisor from 2013 to 2015 and deputy secretary of state from 2015 to 2017 under the corrupt and inept Obama administration. He advocated for the 2003 invasion of Iraq while serving as the Democratic staff director of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 2002 to 2008. He was a foreign policy advisor for the Biden 2008 presidential campaign. During his tenure in the Obama administration, Blinken helped craft B.O.'s policy on Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the nuclear program of Iran. We all saw how well each of those worked. After leaving government service, Blinken moved into the private sector, co-founding WestExec Advisors, a lobbying firm... on Friday said that cease-fire talks led by the US, Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi... and Egypt are "inside the 10-yard line and driving toward the goal line" of an agreement that would including returning the hostages.
Dream on, dude. Or in the French of your childhood (according to Google Translate) Rêvez, mec. But that’s not one of my languages, so I have no idea if it’s correct.
"There remains some issues that need to be resolved, that need to be negotiated,"
…like whether or not Israel is allowed to defend itself, and whether or not Hamas will be in charge after all this is over — minor questions, indeed…
Blinken said at the Aspen Security Forum in Colorado. "We’re in the midst of doing exactly that."
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[An Nahar] Hezbollah’s top politician Mohammad Raad on Friday noted that the "course" of his group’s conflict with Israel will become clear "within a few days," in an apparent reference to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the U.S. "We're waiting to see if Biden or Blinken will actually help us out"
"Let us be patient for a few days to see the prospects and the atmosphere that we will move forward in. We will not hesitate or give up our resistant choice and we will not weaken in the face of the arrogance of tyranny and occupation," Raad added.
"In the end the enemy will be forced to accept its situation and its major disappointment and failure," Raad went on to say.
The cross-border violence since October has killed 516 people in Leb ...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers... , according to an AFP tally. Most of the dead have been fighters, but they have also included at least 104 civilians.
On the Israeli side, 18 soldiers and 13 civilians have been killed, according to authorities.
The violence has raised fears of all-out conflict between the two foes, who last went to war in the summer of 2006.
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[An Nahar] Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Friday met with Vladimir Safronkov, the Russian foreign minister’s special envoy for Leb ...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers... .
"The meeting tackled the situation in south Lebanon and 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... and the stalled grinding of the peace processor," the National News Agency said.
"The Russian envoy stressed the need that all parties show restraint in order to pave the way for reviving the grinding of the peace processor," NNA added.
Safronkov also emphasized "the firm relations between Lebanon and Russia and the importance of bolstering and developing them in all fields."
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[An Nahar] Parliament Speaker Nabih Knobby Berri
...perennial Speaker of the Lebanese parliament, head of the Amal Shiite party aligned with Hezbollah, a not very subtle sock puppet of the Medes and Persians... has ruled out a broad Israeli war on Leb ...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers... while stressing the need to "stop the genocidal war that Israel is waging on the Paleostinian people."
In an interview with the Milan-based Avvenire newspaper, which is affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church, Berri added that "Lebanon does not need new agreements to restore calm and stability in the (southern) border area," noting that "there is a resolution issued by the U.N. Security Council carrying the number 1701 and Lebanon is committed to all its stipulations."
"The international community must press Israel to halt its violation of the terms of this resolution," the Speaker said.
As for the presidential vacuum crisis, Berri said: "Give me 10 days of dialogue among all parliamentary blocs and take a finalization of this juncture." "Catered meals, of course"
"Dialogue among the blocs would be aimed at reaching an agreement on one, two, three or four candidates within seven to 10 days, in order to go to parliament’s hall and finalize the election with a parliamentary, constitutional and national quorum," the Speaker added.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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[IsraelTimes] David Lammy says he ‘was appalled’ by Israeli accusations of 
[GEO.TV] The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government on Saturday announced to form a commission to conduct a transparent investigation into the Bannu incident in which at least four people were killed while several others sustained injuries.
...Deobandi holy man, known as 
...71st United States secretary of state and a leading light of the corrupt and inept Biden administration. He previously served as deputy national security advisor from 2013 to 2015 and deputy secretary of state from 2015 to 2017 under the corrupt and inept Obama administration. He advocated for the 2003 invasion of Iraq while serving as the Democratic staff director of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 2002 to 2008. He was a foreign policy advisor for the Biden 2008 presidential campaign. During his tenure in the Obama administration, Blinken helped craft B.O.'s policy on Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the nuclear program of Iran. We all saw how well each of those worked. After leaving government service, Blinken moved into the private sector, co-founding WestExec Advisors, a lobbying firm...
...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
