U.N. Funded Hamas Campaign in 2005
Thursday, July 27, 2006 at 07:48PM I guess we know whose side the U.N. and Kofi Annan are on. Annan called for an immediate cease fire from Israel against Hezbollah in Lebanon and condemned Israel’s accidental killing of 4 U.N. peacekeepers in Lebabnon as an “apparent deliberate targeting”. (Why exactly did Annan have peacekeepers in a war zone?) Even the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has come out against Annan's irresponsible rhetoric:
We extend our sincerest condolences on Tuesday's tragic deaths of United Nations military observers in Southern Lebanon.
We are deeply troubled that immediately following the deaths, you issued a statement accusing the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) of the "apparent deliberate targeting" of the U.N. observers.
Mr. Secretary General, it is particularly surprising that you would prejudge events and make this shocking accusation before a thorough investigation has been conducted. It is all the more troubling because this is not the way the State of Israel conducts itself.
Your rush to judgment against a democratic country besieged on two fronts by terrorist organizations is certainly not befitting your position as head of the United Nations.
Although it has been reported that you have accepted Prime Minister Olmert's expressions of deep sorrow for the "accidental killing," we respectfully, but strongly urge you to immediately retract your initial statement.
Interestingly enough, last year when Israel pulled out of the Gaza strip in a “good faith measure” it was revealed that the U.N. had been funding Hamas' political campaigns in 2005, even putting their U.N. logo on campaign signs that read, “TODAY GAZA, TOMORROW THE WEST BANK AND JERUSALEM”.
The U.N. Disengagement rep, Timothy Rothermel, said of the funding of Palestinian anti-Jewish campaign, could only say,
"Almost anything new in Palestine has an element of politics in it. This was something, that particular poster which was prepared by the disengagement office with financial support from UNDP, but obviously what it says is also consistent with the relevant U.N. resolutions in the Security Council decisions about the status of Palestine."
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If "Today Gaza, Tomorrow Jerusalem" is in keeping with U.N. resolutions, they have all but admitted that the U.N. and Hamas are on the same page. US Ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton said after the revelation: "Funding this kind of activity is inappropriate and unacceptable. We plan to raise the issue with United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and with others."
The NY Sun in August 2005 reported:
Mr. Bolton said yesterday that the UNDP had failed to explain why it funneled money to the Palestinian Authority to back the production of banners, bumper stickers, mugs, and T-shirts bearing the provocative slogan as well as UNDP logos.
Responding to angry reactions from Jewish and Israeli leaders, UNDP officials yesterday said financial support from the agency was intended to help the Palestinian Authority communicate with Palestinian Arabs during Israel's evacuation of Jewish settlers from Gaza.
With Allah and the U.N., who needs enemies?
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Kofi Annan has asked for a ceasefire on both sides. He also condemned “the deliberate targeting by Hezbollah of Israeli population centers with hundreds of indiscriminate weapons…”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/20/AR2006072000939.html
According to FOX News Annan also stated that “Hezbollah’s actions in launching rockets into Israel and abducting Israeli soldiers ‘hold an entire nation hostage’ and set back prospects for Middle East peace.”
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,204693,00.html
I appreciate your comments.
I was talking about Hamas, but as for Hezbollah, check out this photo of a U.N. peacekeeper assisting a Lebanese soldier.... do they ever do this with Israelis?
http://www.johnnyproctor.com/sqsp2/unpeace.jpg
Yes, but in your opening paragraph you are talking about Hezbollah. You failed to mention the fact that Kofi Annan has also called for a ceasefire by Hezbollah. You’re first sentence implies he is on their side, but he has openly criticized them and condemned their actions.
Ps... I noticed you haven't written an entry at Hooahwife in a while. Do you still post there?
The U.N. does recognize Israel’s right to defend itself and acknowledges that Hezbolah started this.
“Annan strongly denounced Hezbollah's July 12 raid as having been "the trigger of this crisis," but he said it was clear the Lebanese government "had no advanced knowledge of this attack." He said the actions of the radical Shiite Muslim militant group serve neither Palestinian nor Lebanese interests. "On the contrary, they hold an entire nation hostage [and] set back prospects for negotiation of a comprehensive Middle East peace," Annan said.”
The issue is with the amount of force being used by Israel.
“While repeating his condemnation of Hezbolah's attacks and acknowledging Israel's right to defend itself, Annan also described the Israeli response as excessive and counterproductive.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/20/AR2006072000939.html
PS Yes, I’m still posting on Greta’s blog.
Kofi is for the Islamofacists Silke and don't mix words. The only good Islamofacits is a dead one.
I will always be a staunch supporter of Israel and as far as those Islamofacists are concerned let them all be smoked and rot and burn in hades.
Frankly, this is a good thing for the war on terror. Between US forces kicking the stuffings out of the terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as Israeli forces doing likewise to Hezbollah forces in Lebanon, there's a lot of terrorists dying out there right now and nobody's going to tell me that that's a bad thing.
The U.N. is the most worthless organization in the world, save for criminal activity. John Bolton should be carrying an Uzi when he walks into that utopia of hell.
the UN has made it it's buisiness to maintain tyrants, and little else, that's the game, tyrants demand money from the appeasers, get it, and use that money to maintain the tyrants, how do you think Arafat managed to become a multi- billionaire in a few short years? the UN, with a little help from bill clinton, 'ol Arafat was a pennyless terrorist until the appeaser's decided the poor palestinians needed a tyrant to rape them and steal their milk money.
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BACKGROUND
Israel has belonged to the Jews since approximately 1500 B.C. After the Jews were dispersed into exile and Jerusalem destroyed in 586 B.C., they came back to Israel and lived under Persian, Greek and Roman occupation for hundreds of years. In 70 A.D. came the destruction of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem and the scattering of most Jews. In 135 A.D., the Romans finally drove most of the remaining Jews out of Jerusalem, creating a second diaspora. The Romans named the area Palaestina, or in English, Palestine.
With the signing of The Balfour Declaration of 1917, Britain stated its support for the creation of a Jewish national home in Palestine without violating the civil and religious rights of the existing non-Jewish communities. In 1920, based on the Balfour Declaration, Britain received a provisional mandate over Palestine. The British were to help the Jews build a national home and “promote the creation of self-governing institutions”.
After World War II, the United States and other countries pressured Britain to allow immigration of the Jews back to Palestine. The Jews were displaced after surviving the Holocaust in Europe. Arabs in Palestine resisted the immigration of 100,000 Jews. Britain found Palestine to be ungovernable and so it returned the issue to the United Nations. On November 29, 1947, U.N. Resolution GA 181 was passed and Israel was recognized to be a sovereign nation. The geography had to be reworked, but Israel was now it’s own nation again, despite the vocal rejection of the Palestinians. Virtually from that moment on, the Arabs of Palestine have been fighting the new Israel.
As for the U.N./Kofi saying Israel is using excessive force and saying Hezbollah started this, the U.N. is still has a history of supporting Israel's enemies and doing little for Israel. The U.N. and Hezbollah flag are flying side by side in Lebanon as U.N. peacekeepers go into Lebanon to assist. Where is the U.N. in Israel? Are they flying the U.N. flag side by side with Israel?
It’s true that UN Peacekeepers have not been able to help Lebanon disarm Hezbollah, but you’re making it sound like they are actively fighting beside them against Israel. That’s simply not true.
>”Are they flying the U.N. flag side by side with Israel?”
The HQ for the UN Truce Supervision Organization is in Jerusalem. These UN peacekeepers have been in the region since 1948. That’s 30 years longer than the UN Interim Force in Lebanon.
http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/missions/untso/
Nice theory. The same that is spun by the liberals concerning Iraq as well. Now you can tell us how you came to this conclusion, and what authoritative source you have that gives you insight into the minds of Lebonese civillians. Otherwise, you are guilty, once again, of baseless speculation. Most people who get blown to pieces don't get up and fight anymore.
"A positive and long standing change in the middle-east is only possible when the West starts treating Arab nations with the same gloves as they do with Israel."
When the Arab nations start acting like human beings instead of being run by terrorist cells that kill, torture, and pillage everyone they deem as infidels then we'll treat them like we do Israel.
"Until then, hatred for Israel and its allies (ie America), will only be reinforced in the current course."
Nations will always hate the U.S. until the U.S. stops being the most powerful nation on earth, and also quits being the symbol of freedom round the world. Israel is hated because it does what is best for Israel, as every country should, regardless of political or global backlash. Its called doing the right thing, and letting the chips fall where they may. This concept eludes most countries save Israel and the U.S.
war is where diplomacy has failed and winning a war is done by destroying your foe with overwelming force, until he gives up, what creates your "resistance fighters" (your term, mine would be "chickenshit weasels who take potshots at civilians while hiding behind schoolchildren")are created by a war being suspended before one of the parties has given up. any basic study of the history of warfare will support this observation. especally the mideast war.
Tim, that authoritative source I refer to is called the all mighty "common sense", I do realise that it is rather elusive at times isn't it? You're right though, Arabs are savage peoples, and the white men need to go and re-educate them in the culture of macdonalds and burger kings. They should also learn how to become the biggest consumers of drugs and alcohol in the world cause, hey thats just the way they "rooll" in America. and if they ain't rollin' like they do in America, well they are obviously cave dwellers. On a side thought, what makes Saudi Arabia worthy of Queen bee treatment by America? Surely, it must be because it is the model of democracy in the middle east! *no sarcasm at all*
Looks like the tough guys came out in full force today. You can ramble on all yah want, but the facts speak for themselves.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qana_Massacre
http://www.rte.ie/news/2006/0727/lebanon.html
Well wudddyaaa know? When a professional military bombs civilians to death its considered "Collateral damage", what was I thinking.
Amy, your attempt to justify Jewish mass immigration to what is now "Israel" based on 3000 year old history, is a bit skewed since by that same logic I can say that most of the western world is rightfully owned by the native peoples and perhaps the UN should pass another mandate to free the natives and give them their land? This point received no reply earlier, so I repeat.
Mavic, the so-called "Palestinians" (and the Arab world in general) didn't give two you-know-whats about Jerusalem until shortly before Israel was refounded. The supposed "third holiest site in Islam" was in utter shambles prior to Israel's rebirth. Frankly, the only people who cared about Jerusalem and Israeli territory from about 1850 on were Jews.
Next up, Jerusalem has been occupied but never officially annexed (as far as I know) by any conquering force so the dispute about who owns what might not be all that productive. The point is that it was the British's and the UN's choice to decide who gets what and they made their choice. It was a perfectly legal decision and, I might add, the Arabs actually had a chance right then to accept a "Palestinian" state. The Jews of the time agreed to that but, surprise surprise, the Arabs wanted the whole thing... and ended up with nothing.
Hello terrorism!
As for any pertinent civilian casualties that might have resulted from Israel's actions in Lebanon, before we condemn them I feel it's important to consider a few things. One is that the media is unbelievably biased against Israel so by saying there have been civilian casualties, that's not the same (in my book) as saying non-military and non-terrorist personnel have been killed. Technically a Hezbollah operative is a civilian since he doesn't wear a military uniform. Second, if non-combatant citizens have been killed, I'd be willing to bet it's because the Hezbollah terrorists were bravely and selflessly hiding in apartment buildings, school houses and such places.
I also feel it's worth mentioning that Israel doesn't specifically target non-combatants. Terrorists (not just Hezbollah), on the other hand, are known to blow up cafes, take potshots at school children, etc. Israel is the legitimate government of that land, but I might have slightly less contempt for the terrorists if they'd confine themselves to military targets... but that would take bravery and true commitment to one's ideals, hardly attributes possessed by 99.9% of all terrorists. It's not so much that they want a "Palestinian" state as they simply want Israel gone.
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http://www.opinionjournal.com/federation/feature/?id=110008672
The U.N.'s years-long record on the Israel-Lebanon border makes mockery of the term "peacekeeping." On page 155 of my book, "Inside the Asylum," is a picture of a U.N. outpost on that border. The U.N. flag and the Hezbollah flag fly side by side. Observers told me the U.N. and Hezbollah personnel share water and telephones, and that the U.N. presence serves as a shield against Israeli strikes against the terrorists.
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Silke, can you produce this kind of solidarity between the U.N. and Israel? I mean, come on, the U.N. has its headquarters in NYC and I don't think I need to remind anyone of how anti-American the U.N. has been. Check out this photo:
http://www.cjnews.com/photos/aug15/flags.jpg
THIS is the Hezbollah flag:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah
This is the Lebanese flag:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Lebanese+flag
The fact that the U.N. is calling for an Israeli ceasefire when Hezbollah has abducted Israeli soldiers and been waging war on Israel for decades shows favoritism toward Hezbollah.
The U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) head, ElBaradei, said this in an interview:
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http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/spiegel/0,1518,428788,00.html
INTERVIEWER: The Israelis have a legitimate need for security. They see their massive attacks as a way to destroy Hezbollah once and for all.
ElBaradei: The more violence they commit, the more they radicalize their enemies. This conflict threatens to extend to epidemic proportions, even beyond the region. The Middle East has no real borders. Everything that happens there directly influences the rest of the world.
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Here's a quote from Jihad Watch:
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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/012398.php#comments
The UN has collaborated with Arab combatant forces against Israel for many years.
For example, on October 7, 2000, in a clear violation of international law, Hizbullah terrorists crossed the Lebanese border into Israel, ambushed three Israeli soldiers on Mount Dov, and took them back to Lebanon. Hours after the abduction, two abandoned vehicles were found by the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).On the morning of October 8, an Indian UNIFIL worker videotaped the vehicles while his co-workers removed contents and tried to tow one of the cars away. The end of the film shows armed Lebanese (allegedly Hizbullah) fighters intercepting the vehicles. For almost nine months, high ranking U.N. officials, including U.N. Middle East envoy Terje Larsen and U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, denied possessing any videotape related to the kidnapping. Under pressure, The U.N. then conceded recordings exist, but refused to turn over the tapes, citing a desire to remain neutral in the region. Finally, ten months after the incident, the U.N. agreed to allow Israel to view the videotapes under the condition that the tapes would be edited in order to obscure the faces of the kidnappers.
In the present strike there are indications that the UNIFIL post that was hit by Israeli fire on July 26, 2006 was harboring observers of dubious origin.
DEBKAfile reports: "
The holier-than-thou tone of outrage taken by Annan is surprising when it generally known that many UN missions are exploited as the cover for foreign agents, often hostile, to carry out spying operations in war zones. The inadvertent Israeli air strike revealed the fact that the UN force in Lebanon includes Chinese observers. One was killed along with an Austrian, a Canadian and a Finn. The presence of Chinese observers keeping an eye on the combat in South Lebanon has never before been reported.
It would be interesting to learn more about such activities within the UN organization, such as how do these observers get selected to these posts in Lebanon, a very interesting story - that is if it will ever get reported on properly.
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Finally, Claudia Rosett wrote this piece about the U.N.'s claim Israel's response to Hezbollah is disproportionate: (partial quotes)
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http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MTlhODQ3MWNkZjhhNDUyZTE2MTE1N2I4YzQ0YjVkMjM=
As Israel fights to defend itself against the Iranian-and-Syrian-backed terrorists of Hezbollah, are we really seeing a reckless, damaging and — yes — disproportionate response?
You bet. But not from Israel. It’s coming from the U.N.
Hezbollah deliberately provoked this war on July 12 by kidnapping Israeli soldiers inside Israel’s borders, and has been launching rockets into Israel from a massive arsenal that under U.N. writ Hezbollah is not even supposed to possess. That was not the deal under which Israel, in keeping with U.N. wishes, withdrew entirely from southern Lebanon in 2000. The U.N. promise was that Hezbollah would be defanged and that U.N. peacekeepers would help the Lebanese government reestablish control over Hezbollah-infested terrain inside Lebanon.
Over the past six years, Israel honored its commitment to peace. The U.N. — disproportionately — required in practice no such compliance on the Lebanese side of the border. The “peacekeepers” of the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon, called UNIFIL, sat passively looking on, costing about $100 million a year and doing nothing to stop Hezbollah from trucking in weapons, digging tunnels, and running the armed protection rackets with which it has kept a grip on swathes of Lebanon, including the southern border with Israel, parts of the Bekaa, and southern Beirut. Before the current fighting, UNIFIL had most recently distinguished itself for a run-of-the-U.N.-mill financial swindle involving a contingent of Ukrainian peacekeeping troops. On that subject, whatever laws might have been violated, the U.N. has — as usual with U.N. scams — refused to release details. Now, UNIFIL peacekeepers have been reduced to casualties of the crossfire, while Secretary-General Kofi Annan urges that we take what the U.N. has done wrong already, and do more of it.
With its false promises, and disproportionate deals for “peace,” the U.N. left Israel exposed to the attack that has now come, and a war that Israel did not seek. Like America when attacked by al Qaeda, Israel has been fighting back. In response, U.N. officials have come close to trampling each other in their stampede to the media microphones — not to admit the U.N.’s own failure to stop Hezbollah, not to apologize for administering a phony peace that incubated this miserable war, but to denounce Israel.
These latest exercises in disproportion begin, of course, with U.N. officials ritually condemning all parties. With that sleight of hand, they conjure the baseline U.N. fallacy known as moral equivalence. In that U.N. scheme of the universe, a democratic society that is attacked while honoring U.N. agreements is treated as no different from its death-cult rule-violating terrorist attackers. But — and here we get to the U.N.’s real dark arts — having set up that bizarre equation, U.N. officials then proceed with their “proportionate” calculus, lavishing their further innuendos, sly criticisms, or, in some cases, outright denunciations on Israel. These comments — biased or even inane though some of them are — echo especially loud in the so-called international community because they come from officials flashing a U.N. badge.
Following the words of Malloch Brown, we have been treated over the past week to Secretary-General Kofi Annan condemning Israel for “excessive use of force,” U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour hinting darkly about “war crimes,” and the accusations this past weekend of U.N. Humanitarian Coordinator Jan Egeland about “violation of humanitarian law.”
The issue here is not, in fact, what yardsticks these people are using — though that is quite problematic enough — but that they are abusing their U.N. positions by making these selective, ad hoc accusations against Israel in the first place. These folks are not presidents, or prime ministers. They are U.N. civil servants. Even Kofi Annan, who fancies himself, by his own description, to be “perhaps chief diplomat of the world,” is actually under the U.N. charter mandated to be nothing more than the organization’s “chief administrative officer.” (When trying to duck the blame for the U.N. Oil-for-Food scandal, Annan was quick enough to deny not only any policy role, but even his clear administrative responsibilities).
In the case of Arbour, and her threats aimed at Israelis, Ambassador John Bolton had a very good point when he offered a reminder last weekend to the U.N. High Commissioner, as “one lawyer to another,” that “In America, prosecutors are not supposed to threaten people in public based on press accounts.”
In the case of Jan Egeland, his job is to coordinate aid, not make selective pronouncements on the fly about humanitarian law. (This is the same Jan Egeland who immediately after the 2004 tsunami took it upon himself to publicly insult U.N. member states, including the U.S. — mainstay of the bloated U.N. budget — for being “stingy”). Among other things, it was apparently lost on Egeland, when he toured the bomb damage in south Beirut last weekend, that his convoy was waved past a road block by “a Hezbollah guard dressed in black and armed with an assault rifle,” according to a Reuters report. That scene right there was a violation of everything in the U.N. book, and not by Israel — but apparently it didn’t fit his script.
There are of course some subjects on which the same senior U.N. civil servants now so vocal have been most disproportionately circumspect. I can’t recall any of them protesting in public that totalitarian, terrorist-sponsoring Syria (surely something in there is a violation of international law?) was allowed not so long ago to chair the U.N. Security Council, while democratic Israel has been chronically shunned.
And when operations of the U.N. itself have come under the spotlight in recent years, in some cases for behavior as egregious as pedophiliac rape by peacekeepers, or complicity in the kickback rackets of Saddam Hussein, Kofi Annan, and his entourage have rushed to impose the omerta in-house, while urging the rest of us to wait upon due process, refrain from rash comments, consider the larger picture — and preferably just shut up and forget about it.
If Annan and his retinue feel a desperate need during this current crisis to express themselves, perhaps they should channel it into actually delivering some of that transparency they’ve been promising in their own operations. That would be good preparation in the event the U.N. Security Council decides, say, to impose sanctions on Iran, and needs the Secretariat staff to perform with at least slightly more integrity than was displayed under the Iraq Oil-for-Food program.
Right now it is the job of the world’s more responsible political leaders not simply to deplore the horrors of war, or construct another false U.N. peace leading to even worse nightmare ahead, but to seek real answers to the miseries and menaces of the Middle East. That is a task perilous, contentious, and rough enough, without a parade of unelected and largely unaccountable U.N. civil servants using public platforms to insinuate into the process their private prejudices.
"Amy, your attempt to justify Jewish mass immigration to what is now "Israel" based on 3000 year old history, is a bit skewed since by that same logic I can say that most of the western world is rightfully owned by the native peoples and perhaps the UN should pass another mandate to free the natives and give them their land? This point received no reply earlier, so I repeat."
Actually, I already answered this on a previous thread. I said:
"No need to worry. Now the Muslims are populating Britain. Along with the rest of Europe. You do realize that countries have territories all over the world, right?
The fact is that 1) Israel belongs to.... Israel, 2) the Palestinians have done nothing in Israel for over 1500 years to better the industry/economy or bring Palestine into the modern world (imagine that, from Muslims) and 3) in 20 years the Jews turned Israel into a thriving 1st world country. Israel was legitimately made a country whether the Palestinians like it or not, and I'm sure bleeding heart liberals must support the plight of a persecuted people. Actually, I take that back. Just like libs don't give a flying flip about suffering Iraqis, they don't give a flying flip about any Arab people under attack, only Arabs who attack. Weird."
You responded: "Amy Proctor, you are hilarious, of course Israel is a thriving first world country, when the entire western world is in support. 40% of America's foreign aid goes to this little tiny pseudo-nation known as Israel."
I responded:
"So Israel is both a "thriving first world country" a "little tiny pseudo-nation"? Wow, Israel rocks!
What exactly do you have against Israel and why? "
Let me ask you this, Mavic. 1) Are you anti-semetic? 2) Do you support immigration in the US to include legalizing the illegals? If so, how does this square with your reluctance to give Israel a homeland? 3) Where should the Jews go? 4) If you dismiss 3000 years of history, how can you justify the Palestinian claim to Israel over the Jews'? 5) Are you sympathetic to Hezbollah, Hamas and the Palestinians? How about Iran?
Your title makes it sound like this was intentional, but based on the articles you sited that doesn’t seem to be the case. FOX news stated that the UN didn’t give the money directly to Hamas and the fact that it went to an organization with links to the group was unintentional.
Also, the UNDP admitted it was “not at all acceptable” that the agency’s logo was placed on the propaganda material.
Having said that, the article you provided in your most recent comments from National Review makes some very good points.
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The NY Sun in August 2005 reported:
Mr. Bolton said yesterday that the UNDP had failed to explain why it funneled money to the Palestinian Authority to back the production of banners, bumper stickers, mugs, and T-shirts bearing the provocative slogan as well as UNDP logos.
The response from the UNDP was not sufficient, Mr. Bolton said yesterday. "Funding this kind of activity is inappropriate and unacceptable. We plan to raise the issue with UNDP and with others," he said in a statement to The New York Sun. In effect, Mr. Bolton expressed to the UNDP that the most serious problem for his office was not the logo, but THE FACT THAT THE AGENCY SUPPORTED THAT MESSAGE WITH ITS CHECKBOOK.
Responding to angry reactions from Jewish and Israeli leaders, UNDP officials yesterday said financial support from the agency was intended to help the Palestinian Authority communicate with Palestinian Arabs during Israel's evacuation of Jewish settlers from Gaza.
This is simply outrageous," said Dore Gold (search), former Israeli ambassador to the United Nations. "The West Bank is disputed territory under the U.N. Security Council Resolution 242. The United Nations has no business getting involved in sloganeering to call the Palestinians to also take tomorrow the West Bank and East Jerusalem."
Gold claims the UNDP has also been giving money to organizations tied to Hamas (search). One UNDP bank transfer request, obtained by FOX News, shows the organization giving thousands of dollars to a Jenin-based organization with links to the militant group.
When the evidence obtained by FOX News was shown to UNDP headquarters in New York, officials said the funding was given "without their knowledge" and they said they were "surprised," but there has been no word if the funding will stop or if disciplinary action will be taken.
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Fox News reported:
GAZA — The Gaza Strip (search) is one of the poorest, most overpopulated areas in the world with 1.4 million Palestinians crammed into a 100-square-mile area. With 50 percent unemployment, the vast majority of Gazans live below a poverty line of $2 a day.
It's exactly the kind of situation that the United Nations Development Program was set up to deal with, and the U.N. is spending millions of dollars there every year.
But FOX News has discovered that not all that cash is going to alleviate poverty. Instead, some of it is funding a Palestinian political campaign under the slogan, "Today Gaza, tomorrow the West Bank and Jerusalem."
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Silke, go to http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,165893,00.html and click on the box to the right that says PHOTOS, VIDEOS... click on VIDEOS and select UNDP Funds Palestinian Cause.
How in the world can there be any justification for the U.N. funding a Palestinian political campaign that seeks to oust the Jews from Israel? It's an outrage. I didn't mislead..... we know that the Palestinian government is Hamas. This WAS clearly an intentional effort to support the Palestinians over Israel. Even the U.N. said, after being caught, that funding would stop and disciplinary action would be taken.
The U.N.DP admitting it was “not at all acceptable”means nothing. That's like saying the robbery you just committed at the local Acme was unacceptable. Duh! Because it comes from the lips of the U.N. makes it no less a concerted effort or deliberate.
If they intend to stop the funding and take disciplinary action, doesn’t that suggest this was a mistake and not intentional?
The U.N. Disengagement rep, Timothy Rothermel, said of the funding of Palestinian anti-Jewish campaign:
"Almost anything new in Palestine has an element of politics in it. This was something, that particular poster which was prepared by the disengagement office with financial support from UNDP, but obviously what it says is also consistent with the relevant U.N. resolutions in the Security Council decisions about the status of Palestine."
This means it was not an accident. He justified it. The U.N., if you choose to believe them, when called to the carpet admitted it was wrong. Were they sincere? Who knows. U.N. human rights abuses are not sanctioned by the U.N. yet they happen with widespread reality. Rapes of young girls in African and Asian countries, etc.
It cannot realistically be argued that the U.N. higher ups are not anti-Israeli.
"and if they ain't rollin' like they do in America, well they are obviously cave dwellers."
Or igloos. Your jealous Mavic, and that is why you are so bitter toward the U.S. and every thing it does. I forgivne you, and its hard to blame you. But the facts speak for themselves, as you so eloquently put, and the facts are against you, as they always are.
The UN does not care for Israel one iota. Israel is the plaything of the world and she has been smote more than enough times. It is time to bring all forces to bear against the evil we all know to be in front of us all.
I've got news for you, the Soviet Union of old is nothing compared to the "new breed". At least the USSR had belonged to a code that we could reason with - albeit it was difficult but doable.
9/11 is the catalyst and we have been on this path since that day. Awakeing the sleeping giant begets one big can of whoop-ass! Well, unless you're Bill Clinton or John F. Kerry! Sheesh, just think if Jimmy "Peanut" Carter was in office! What a mess ... appeasers all.
To believe that a "group hug" (appeasement) with a terrorist is the solution, I say go hug! They'll play nice with you until we are all dead. The we are those who love this country and freedom. Once we are all dead, you are next you twit!
You think that they give a wit about you at all? You're a friggin' tool! And, you're a tool that is not much use to them except to divide just enough whereby the evil can begin to seep deep into the wound you've started.
Keep picking the scab you "Code Pink" idiots. You know not what evil you are allowing into the system! At least Neville Chamberlain could admit that his stance was wrong - we'll get nothing like that from all these dolts 'cause it's all about the destruction of George W. Bush as payback for "Hot Pants" Clinton and "Global Shmarming" Gore.
Those that still cling to the dream that the UN is great need to watch the movie "Batman:The Movie" from 1966. To see those nuts around the table just looks, perfect! ;)
How many of you think that placing the control of US forces under the UN's command is a good thing? We have quite a few examples and all were complete failures.
I weep for our future!
and wait for your retribution! Rising waters.......scorched Earth........wildfires .........division...........coveting thy name, thy judgement above GOD's judgement..................................detonation.....................1000 years of peace can only be achieved through victory....................................and you are a very strong army for our Lord....................................................................scrolls............................S-T-O-R-M.....of the MILLENIUM...................keep feeding your hate and you'll be meeting your fate!
P---U---S---H T---H---E B---U---T---T---O---N (you know you want to)
Sad. Kids these days are no longer taught what it means to debate, handle world situations, and realize that their means to an end have serious consequences.
Sweet, thanks for regurgitating the usual US government propaganda spliege. The old adage makes sense, if you say something enough times it starts to become a reality.
We're all "tools", in need of some fixer uppers, so give me more propaganda! More! We're all doomed, terrorists are going to get us all.
Yaayy
By the way, Amy, is it possible that my position against Israel as a nation that is fully supported by wealthy western nations with an all powerful military able and willing to destroy the land, culture and history of an entire people makes me anti-Jew? I suppose to many Americans the positions of groups like Hamas and Hezbollah, with their tough talk about the destruction of Israel makes them the enemy of the west. Besides, who wouldnt' be petrified by the prospect of the potential to inflict catostrophic pain with home-made rockets and stones. I may be wrong, but it certainly seems that in America people are much more prone to be easily convinced by talk and image, while sacrificing the potential to understand the root cause of today's problems. In light of oppression and poverty, it is highly possible that any group of people will turn to desperate measures. Whether any of you like it or not, many Palestinians and Lebanese certainly feel that organizations like Hamas and Hezbollah are their only hope for a voice that can be heard. Does it justify all their actions? NO. Does it justify the bombing and maiming of thousands of civilians in an attempt to get rid of these groups? NO
Rest assured that attempting to irridicate these groups will only end up in much stronger support. Take the current crisis for example, during Israel's military action against Lebanon and Hezbollah, the approval rating for Hezbollah apparently has reached 89% where as before the war, Hezbollah did not share the same popularity with many Lebanese.
I'll be back to cover the rest of this.....
Talk to me, when you can figure out how actually have a constructive conversation that doesn't involve you tripping and contradicting yourself repeatedly.
Yes, Tim, I am jealous of America. I am dying to come and meet more cultured "Americans" like yourself who can enlighten me with their overly inflated egos and broaden my spectrum of knowledge in understanding the world. Now here's your chance to totally destroy everything I said, by calling me a "liberal Canadian".
"By the way, Amy, is it possible that my position against Israel as a nation that is fully supported by wealthy western nations with an all powerful military able and willing to destroy the land, culture and history of an entire people makes me anti-Jew?"
To be clear... what EXACTLY is your position?
OK, Big Bully USA is an attack on me/us? Everyone else is oppressed by the USA? The USA is going into homes all over the world and threatening families that we will all take your lives if you do not love, support, and place us on a pedestal?
Talk about propaganda, you've definitely swallowed an oceans worth of coolaid.
Mavic, answer this honestly: do you deny that the primary goal of all islamofacists is to destroy the infidels?
Hmmm ... and infedels equal ... ???
Yes, you are indeed a tool. And I for one am not so blind as to foget history. Especially the faults of those who are now all members of the EU that looked away as WWII was in infancy. As it grew, the "Chamberlains" of the world looked around and collectively said, "Cheet Man, We're SCREWED!"
You keep standing there with your flower-power shirts and carnations out the gun barrel. And be sure to head on over to protect Hezbollah, Hamas, and al Qaida. They all need human shields as the Hezbollah are proving every day ...
"I suppose to many Americans the positions of groups like Hamas and Hezbollah, with their tough talk about the destruction of Israel makes them the enemy of the west."
Tough talk? A stated goal being the DESTRUCTION of a FREE people, Israel? Wow. Were you actually raised in the Middle East? Are you actually realizing what you believe is just "tough talk"?
Oh, and in case you haven't noticed, the ONLY country standing up for Israel right now IS THE USA! Well, probably not 100% of the US because we've got some whackos that need to get elected so the pandering continues. Only the President is truly making it clear that we will support Israel to the hilt - 'cause no one else has in our immediate past. Even Billy Boy Clinton botched the whole thing with Oh-So-Fat and Israel ... what a dupe.
The whole EU and UN are wandering around soiling themselves in an effort to talk out their collective arses! These tin horn scum have no love for the Israelis. EVERYONE is walking away and saying the Israelis are being excessive. Yikes!
Hezbollah and Hamas are not the enemies of the West 'cause the EU and UN and Liberal Democrats in the US protect them and whine prolific of their "plight" ...
So, from what country do you hail, Mavic? Is your country in 100% support of Israel? Does your country truly know the history (thousands of years) of Israel? Did your country support the destruction of the Jews and Israel during WWII?
This is why I weep for our future. So many minds have taken very little effort to break away from the Main Stream Media's pap and really researched what is going on between the world and Israel.
I'm Catholic! Do you know OUR HISTORY with Israel?!
I should be the last to defend them, wouldn't you agree? Yet I am a Zionist and a defender of Israel and her release from a war ridden life. And you know why? Because their stated goal is not my destruction but to live in peace with me - even if I'm a sheygets! ;)
Israel wakes every day wondering when Islamofacists are going to NUKE THEM!
Mavic, have you had to look under your car, your seats, your trunk, or your engine compartment before starting your car? Have you? Have you wondered if you missed something important and are jeopardizing the life of your wife, kids, or friends?
I have ... in 1982 - 1984 ... every morning, in a FREE COUNTRY ... pre-unification Germany.
Yeah. You know terror. Bah! Do some real reading then come back to join the discussion.
I posted this in a previous entry. I think it's safe to say that most Christians know the history of Israel.
****Israel has belonged to the Jews since approximately 1500 B.C. After the Jews were dispersed into exile and Jerusalem destroyed in 586 B.C., they came back to Israel and lived under Persian, Greek and Roman occupation for hundreds of years. In 70 A.D. came the destruction of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem and the scattering of most Jews. In 135 A.D., the Romans finally drove most of the remaining Jews out of Jerusalem, creating a second diaspora. The Romans named the area Palaestina, or in English, Palestine.
****With the signing of The Balfour Declaration of 1917, Britain stated its support for the creation of a Jewish national home in Palestine without violating the civil and religious rights of the existing non-Jewish communities. In 1920, based on the Balfour Declaration, Britain received a provisional mandate over Palestine. The British were to help the Jews build a national home and “promote the creation of self-governing institutions”.
****After World War II, the United States and other countries pressured Britain to allow immigration of the Jews back to Palestine. The Jews were displaced after surviving the Holocaust in Europe. Arabs in Palestine resisted the immigration of 100,000 Jews. Britain found Palestine to be ungovernable and so it returned the issue to the United Nations. On November 29, 1947, U.N. Resolution GA 181 was passed and Israel was recognized to be a sovereign nation. The geography had to be reworked, but Israel was now it’s own nation again, despite the vocal rejection of the Palestinians. Virtually from that moment on, the Arabs of Palestine have been fighting the new Israel.
****During the 6 Day War of 1967, Israel defended itself against Egypt, Syria and Jordan and in the process took back the West Bank of the Gaza strip, hence, the "occupation". If Israel had not been attacked, this "occupation" would not have been necessary.
If nothing else, Britain gave Israel back to the Jews endorsed/divvied up by the U.N. If you have a problem with that, your problem is with the Brits. Did you have a problem with Grenada? Bermuda? Falkland Islands? You get the picture.
Mavic said: "By the way, Amy, is it possible that my position against Israel as a nation that is fully supported by wealthy western nations with an all powerful military able and willing to destroy the land, culture and history of an entire people makes me anti-Jew?"
I don't know, Mavic, does it? Your position against Israel is because the Jews, a persecuted people for thousands of years, have the support of America. So is it guilt by association? I know how you feel about America. Other countries cannot stand the fact that a country only 230 years old is the world's super power. Makes them feel like they've wasted their lead. Or, could it be that God has blessed and prospered America because (putting her in the position of helping other peoples of world) of her Christian roots and THAT'S why anti-Christians such as your self, and godless liberals, atheistic Europeans and communists throughout the world hate Israel? Or is it because of religious bigotry? Is it the CHRISTIAN in Judeo-Christian or the JEW in Judeo-Christian that enemies of both America and Israel hate? Is it because the Jews survived Hitler's endeavor to incinerate them, that they have turned a parking lot (Palestine) into a flourishing world power, or Israel put the smack down on 7 other attacking countries in 1967 that makes enemies hate Israel? Only you can say for sure.
It certainly isn't because tiny Israel has a monopoly in the Middle East and there is some danger of her expanding her empire. The opposite is true. Israel concede the Gaza Strip last year to the Palestinians, who once again BLEW IT.
How has Israel destroyed the land? You must be thinking of the Palestinians. Israel does not set out to destroy an entire race. The Muslims do that.
No, Hamas and Hezbollah themselves make themselves the enemies of the west. They are terrorists. They support terror. In case you haven't noticed, terrorists don't simply try to blow up Americans and Jews. They also conduct "honor killings" when a man rapes a girl. Yes, to preserve the honor of the family, they don't kill the MAN, they mutilate the victim. The only equal rights women Muslims have is the right to become suicide bombers. How progressive. Meanwhile, Israel has produced Golda Meir, and Muslim countries have produced women in human trafficking and sex trade. Brilliant. The Taliban is a great example of what Hamas and Hezbollah run amok looks like. They terrorized Afghans for decades. Yep, Israel is the bad guy here. How dare they try to counter the acts of terrorism against them. They should instead??????
And what would you, oh compassionate one, have done with the Jews, persecuted in every country, kicked out of their homeland by occupying forces? I guess it would have been better if Hitler would have simply gotten rid of them all?
And do you not think Muslims, like the Palestinians, would have peace if not for the Jews? Give me a break! They fight Christians, women, children and each other.
HISTORY == PROPAGANDA
Right Pete and Mavic?
The only idiots that spend time twisting history are the Liberal Democrats/Socialists/Fascists ... only then can they become legitimate.
Well, Amy, let's wait to see how Pete/Mavic say all this information is actually Right Wing Spin from GW Bush and Fox News Channel ...
Fix4RSO, did you catch your breath yet? I read your paragraph twice just to make sure I didn't miss anything much.
What I find fascinating is your die-hard obsession with the plight of Israel, as if its people are the most impoverished, oppressed people on the planet. There's nothing really much to be said to people like yourself who see the holocoust as the one and only attrocity this world has every seen. Heck, why worry about the maginitude of current problems, like the thousands dying from starvation, or the genocides in Africa, cause those are just comical jokes that are played by those "liberal media" crazies.
Amy, there's a huge difference between someone hating Jews or any other race, and despising the actions of a country which essentially treats every non-Israeli life as an inferior second rate human being. "Israel conceded the gaza strip"? Thats hilarious, I should roll up the most recent map of illegal settlements and fences for you.
I am not sure how many times I have to explain to you the reasons why groups like Hamas and Hezbollah not only exist, but are thriving. I suppose its much easier to feign ignorance and keep thinking that these groups are just goign to disappear when the bombs finish falling cause obviously they are "Terrorists". Do you people really consider this current rampage of Lebanon a measured and productive response? YOu really think that it is perfectly AAYY OKK, to destroy an entire country, in retaliation? I probably shouldnt' be surprised at the potential answers to this question but I am obviously beginning to expect crazy responses on this blog.
So now I am anti-Christian, anti-Jew, anything else I should know about myself!? Geese, I wasn't aware of this master plan by god to send down America to cure the world of all its evils. I reckon he also designated America to go and plunder the earth of all its resources and steal everyones' bread money and then claim anti-americanism, anti-christianity and anti-Judaism for Americas' poor relationship with most of the world. What America probably needs to do is figure out who is friend and who is foe. Saddam was once a friend, the Taliban were friends against the Soviet Union, heck even Bin Laden was a friend by association. It all seems as a matter of convenience to me. Who's America's next enemy? I say its Venezuela with its vaste oil resources.
FixRSO, I am still trying to figure out what god sent information you provided totally disproved what I have said.
Your arguments have Attention Deficit Disorder. You keep changing the subject. I never said Israel is the only impoverished oppressed people on the planet. But then, you guys opposed the liberation of millions of Iraqis as well, and even now that 9/11 is far enough in the rear view mirror leftists are jumping on the criticize-Afghanistan bandwagon. Libs are concerned about the plights of oppressed pregnant women whose immoral behavior and choices have led to their condition and the plights of poor terrorists like Hezbollah and al-Qaeda. No? Then how come you have the same talking points?
Are you saying the holocaust wasn't one of the worst atrocities that has ever occurred? The question you are evading is "What would you do with the Jews? Where should they go and how can anyone say they are unjustly occupying a continent run by Muslims? Have you checked a map of the Middle East lately? That little sliver of land the size of NJ is Israel. The rest is Islamic.
As for Africa, the U.S. has thrown billions of dollars at their crises over the years to no avail, although we will continue to do it. They need moral change or poverty, AIDS and human rights abuses. I remember it was libs who mocked the First Lady earlier this year for going to Africa and addressing the AIDS crisis, suggesting abstinence is the only way to curb the disease. Certainly there's nothing militarily we can do in Africa at this point, unless you want the U.S. to involve itself in the unjust forcing of democracy in black Islamic countries like Dufar? Did that in Somalia. What do you suggest?
You said,
**"I should roll up the most recent map of illegal settlements and fences for you."
Would you please? Great. Then tell me 1) what makes them illegal and 2) why the fences are there.
So what you're saying is Hamas and Hezbollah exist and are thriving because of the unjust treatment Israel has exacted on the Palestinians? You don't know your history, friend. 1) groups and factions like Hezbollah and Hamas have existed since the conception of Islam. That pre-dates 1948. 2) When Israel legally became a state it was the PALESTINIANS who unjustly targeted and warred against Israel. Israel has been on the defense for way too long. It's about time they took up the offense. Be real, Mavic, if you were at your locker in high school, exactly how many times would you allow the resident bully to slam your head against the door? Exactly how many times would you allow the resident bully to shove you in and lock you up? Steal you lunch money? Beat the snot out of you? So, you would defend your right to defend yourself, which would have to take on an offensive position to end the abuse once and for all, but not the right of Israel to do so?
As I understand it, these Islamic terrorist groups also want to wipe America off the face of the map. Could it be there's a bigger agenda? What was Mohammed's excuse for persecuting Christians and Jews way back in the day before Israel became a nation again? Do you know anything about Islam and its roots? The war on terror truly is a religious war. Do you know what happens to women and children in Muslim countries? Do you know that men are the only beneficiaries, and then not so much because what Islam can do for you it can do to you? Do you know that women in Israel have equal rights and protection under the law? Why would you not support them?
There is NO justification for Hezbollah and Hamas. Israel has never strapped bombs to their children. Do you not think it's racist to plot to destory an entire ethnic group based on their race? If you think only Jews are persecuted in Israel, you clearly don't know your history.
**" I suppose its much easier to feign ignorance and keep thinking that these groups are just going to disappear when the bombs finish falling cause obviously they are "Terrorists". "
I think we have it. Mavic admits he doesn't think Hezbollah and Hamas are terrorists. But Israel and the US are.
**"Do you people really consider this current rampage of Lebanon a measured and productive response? You really think that it is perfectly AAYY OKK, to destroy an entire country, in retaliation?"
Um, YES! Israel is not destroying Lebanon, they are destroying Hezbollah which uses Lebanon as it's base of operations. This is the tactic, Mavic, using civilians to deflect blame from themselves. And you've bought it hook line and sinker. Yes, I think that after decades of Israeli civilians being blown to smithereens that actually DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT is a measured response. And watch the news, the bombings are only in southern Lebanon; the entire country is not being destroyed, although it makes for a better sound byte, doesn't it?
Your last paragraph is just stupid. I'll respond by saying Saddam was never a friend just because Rumsfeld shook his hand. Just after that first meeting, the US turned against Saddam as more intelligence and info came in about the plans Iraq made toward chemical and biological weaponry. I've outlined this many times. But, I thought you libs were FOR diplomacy? Why would you criticize Rusmfeld for trying to bring diplomacy to Saddam?
Mavic, I've gone through all your comments and cannot find a cohesive argument that you are not anti-Jewish. You give little sarcastic barbs to deflect the glaring obviousness of your bias but cannot answer questions like "What would you do with the Jews? Where should they go? Why should they not have a country? How is a country the size of NJ occupying the Middle East?" Based on fact and history and your justification of the existence of terror groups like Hezbollah and Hamas, along with your refusal to address Israel's history of defensive behavior to offensive endeavors by enemies bares you out.
Libs are always ashamed to come out and say who they are. If you're anti-Israel, just say so! The freedom fighters you like so much in Lebanon and Iran have more guts.
Oh, Mavic, that hurts. Not.
"FixRSO, I am still trying to figure out what god sent information you provided totally disproved what I have said."
I'm not trying to disprove anything. You're not listening/reading.
"So now I am anti-Christian, anti-Jew, anything else I should know about myself!?"
Sure, you're pro-Terrorist, suffering from myopia and a short purview on world views and history, and you cannot form a good argument. You are out gunned, out manned, and tiresome. Your boorish, sophomoric attempts at providing a cogent thought weaken the world.
"That'll do pig, that'll do."