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   DrALJONES (draljones@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 23-Feb-2024 00:20:49 JST DrALJONES

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   A US intelligence report has said that Israel's claims that UNRWA staff took part in Oct 7 "cannot be independently verified", & that it had “low confidence” that staff took part in the violence.

   https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/2024/02/22/us-says-it-cannot-independently-verify-israels-unrwa-claims/

   Major UNRWA donors, incl the US, have frozen vital funds bcz of Israel's allegations.

   UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini says "the UN has never, never, ever received any written dossier, despite our repeated call."

   #UNRWA #US #Israel #Hamas #IsraeliLiars

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     DrALJONES (draljones@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 23-Feb-2024 00:20:48 JST DrALJONES

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     • Kim Spence-Jones 🇬🇧😷

     @KimSJ

     Yes. Former UN spokesman Craig Mokhiber::

     "The real purpose here is the the destruction of UNRWA, because UNRWA is in the way of the destruction of the Palestinian people"

     https://www.aljazeera.com/program/upfront/2024/2/16/its-not-complex-its-genocide-former-top-un-official-on-gaza

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     Kim Spence-Jones 🇬🇧😷 (kimsj@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 23-Feb-2024 00:20:49 JST Kim Spence-Jones 🇬🇧😷

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     @DrALJONES I have suspected all along that criticism of UNRWA by Israel is just another ploy to make life more shit for Palestinians.

     Aral Balkan repeated this.