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2018-08-09 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

‘Mutiny’ at UNRWA in Gaza after job cuts

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Posted by Fred 2018-08-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Best news I've heard all day, and we're only a few minutes in!

Posted by Raj 2018-08-09 00:05|| 2018-08-09 00:05|| Front Page Top

#2 Should have happened a long, long time ago.

I'm shocked that the Europeans haven't stepped in. Usually they're all over this sort of thing. They can easily afford it, what with the highly profitable trade they run with America, so what gives?

Posted by Herb McCoy 2018-08-09 09:45|| 2018-08-09 09:45|| Front Page Top

#3 He pretended to be in charge and they pretended to follow orders -- until the foreign aid checks ran out. 'Potempkin Village' from top to the bottom...

Posted by magpie 2018-08-09 09:56|| 2018-08-09 09:56|| Front Page Top

#4 more than 250 staff in Gaza and the occupied West Bank would lose their jobs, after a $300 million cut in annual funding from the US.

$1.2 Million per employee?

Posted by Frank G 2018-08-09 10:29|| 2018-08-09 10:29|| Front Page Top

#5 Gaza, Pakistan, Iran, China,...sanctions and funds cutting everywhere. How many illusionary states has the US been financing?

Posted by Skidmark 2018-08-09 12:02|| 2018-08-09 12:02|| Front Page Top

#6 Heh. The Palestinians understand money about as well as liberals.

Posted by gorb 2018-08-09 12:52|| 2018-08-09 12:52|| Front Page Top

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