The U.N. says it has fired nine staff members from its agency for Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA, after an internal investigation found they may have been involved in the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attack against Israel.
The U.N, secretary-general’s office announced the move in a brief statement to journalists Monday. It did not elaborate on the UNRWA staffers’ likely role in the attack. It said the nine included seven staffers who were fired previously over the claims.
Both can be bad. No amount of violence on the part of Israel will absolve Hamas of theirs.
Let’s ignore this war started in 1948 and Hamas was founded in 1987, I guess. So we’re clear, this isn’t an endorsement of Hamas, but I’m just saying… There’s 40 years of context that precedes the existence of Hamas, and maybe in those 40 years Palestinian became less and less faithful that anyone could help them but the violent weirdos. If you want to deescalate tensions in the middle east, ceasing genocide is a good first step