Hamas Steals Aid, UN Actually Notices

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The thugs of Hamas have been stealing food and blankets and other aid meant for needy Palestinians for a long time, and it’s finally gotten so obvious that not even the United Nations can keep quiet about it any more.

JERUSALEM – A U.N. spokesman says Hamas police in Gaza have seized thousands of blankets and food parcels meant for needy residents.

Spokesman Christopher Gunness says Hamas police raided a U.N. warehouse in Gaza City on Tuesday evening. He says police snatched 3,500 blankets and more than 400 food parcels.

The aid is vital now because Gazans are facing hardship after Israel’s three-week military offensive against Hamas.

Meanwhile, after screeching to the heavens that Israel committed war crimes and deliberately targeted that school in Gaza, the UN now says, “Oops, our bad.”

The United Nations has retracted a claim that an Israeli strike which killed more than 40 people in northern Gaza city of Jabaliya last month hit a school run by a UN agency.

“The humanitarian coordinator would like to clarify that the shelling, and all of the fatalities, took place outside rather than inside the school,” the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs said in its latest weekly update on the situation in Gaza.

What about all those wire service photographs showing pools of blood and bodies inside the school? Can anyone say, “staged?

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76 comments
1 albusteve  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:12:09pm

high Pali pickocketin

2 Cathypop  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:13:17pm

re: #1 albusteve

high Pali pickocketin


Please translate?

3 solomonpanting  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:13:38pm
Ahmad Kurd, the Hamas official in charge of the ministry, did not deny the aid was seized, charging the U.N. was giving the aid to local groups with ties to Hamas opponents.

AKA Fatah.

4 Nevergiveup  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:14:17pm

re: #2 Cathypop

Please translate?

I think something to do with pick pockets?

5 Silhouette  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:14:27pm

I guess HAMAS forgot the regular kickback to the UN employees this time.

6 albusteve  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:14:32pm

re: #2 Cathypop

Please translate?

pick pocketing in English...heh

7 notutopia  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:15:18pm

Maybe the UN is on a budget this year?

8 Kragarghazi  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:15:23pm

New UN spokeswoman, Emily Litella

9 Soona'  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:16:03pm

Go figure.
//

10 albusteve  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:16:12pm

re: #5 Silhouette

I guess HAMAS forgot the regular kickback to the UN employees this time.

I can't wait til this turns into a fullblown dustup....what a laugher

11 Lynn B.  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:16:20pm

I think a little pig shit just fell on my head ...

12 Teacake!  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:16:20pm

oh and the UN claims hamas needs 2 billion to re-arm - oops rebuild.

13 sngnsgt  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:16:39pm

re: #8 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Nevermind.

14 jcw46  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:16:46pm

STAGED!

15 dhg4  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:17:04pm

Question: Will we read about this in the NYT or WaPo tomorrow?

So far nothing.

16 Silhouette  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:17:07pm
He says police snatched 3,500 blankets and more than 400 food parcels.

The aid is vital now because Gazans are facing hardship after Israel’s three-week military offensive against Hamas.

If only they had some way to produce their own food. Like greenhouses.

17 albusteve  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:17:49pm

re: #12 Teacake!

oh and the UN claims hamas needs 2 billion to re-arm - oops rebuild.

the USA should contribute zero dollars to this circus...I want to hear BOs take

18 freedombilly  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:18:03pm

Flying Pig Alert! UN calls Hamas on something! Flying Pig Alert!

19 nyc redneck  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:18:47pm

who cares if the u.n. notices that hamas steals blankets. of course these animals steal blankets and food.
why doesn't the u.n. get up in arms abt those people tossed off roofs and shot in the legs.
or children used as human shields. or women raped and turned into suicide bombers.
the u.n. is a bunch of cowards. it is easier for them to address the issue of pilfered blankets.

20 Nevergiveup  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:19:08pm

re: #17 albusteve

the USA should contribute zero dollars to this circus...I want to hear BOs take

He is already on record that we will give I think it was 30 million?

21 DEZes  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:19:51pm

Was that Hillary that just flew by my window?

22 albusteve  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:20:32pm

re: #19 nyc redneck

who cares if the u.n. notices that hamas steals blankets. of course these animals steal blankets and food.
why doesn't the u.n. get up in arms abt those people tossed off roofs and shot in the legs.
or children used as human shields. or women raped and turned into suicide bombers.
the u.n. is a bunch of cowards. it is easier for them to address the issue of pilfered blankets.

job security for the UNers....they don't fight evil they create it

23 [deleted]  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:20:34pm
24 solomonpanting  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:20:43pm
Some international donors have expressed concern that funds meant to rebuild Gaza could fall into the militant Islamic group's hands, and the U.N. had been trying to calm those fears.

Yeah, nothing to worry about. The UN can use the more moderate Fatah of Arafat to emphasize that fraud is of little concern.

25 Silhouette  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:21:17pm

re: #21 DEZes

Was that Hillary that just flew by my window?

Is there a tornado? Have you recently bumped your head?

26 Cato the Elder  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:21:36pm

Usually there's no stealing involved. UNRWA just hands the stuff over through intermediaries.

27 chicagodudewhotrades  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:21:43pm

The UN may have finally noticed this, but they won't do shit about it

28 [deleted]  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:22:00pm
29 SurferDoc  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:22:16pm

The UN didn't get their kickback and they are pissed.

30 Soona'  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:23:03pm

re: #27 chicagodudewhotrades

The UN may have finally noticed this, but they won't do shit about it

Send in the Fwench!
/

31 DEZes  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:23:34pm

re: #25 Silhouette

Is there a tornado? Have you recently bumped your head?


Kind of a flying pig alert, but I was hit on the head.
And it ooks like the UN was greated by a clue bat.

32 Scion9  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:23:40pm

re: #26 Cato the Elder

Usually there's no stealing involved. UNRWA just hands the stuff over through intermediaries.

Too true. The whole thing is run by Pali locals. The UN employs Hamas. No theft involved in this process.

33 Ceemack  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:24:33pm

Yeah, I'm sure all of this will above-the-fold front-page news in the New York Times tomorrow.

34 DEZes  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:24:55pm

The threads are coming faster than Obama's bull shit!

35 solomonpanting  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:25:01pm

re: #27 chicagodudewhotrades

The UN may have finally noticed this, but they won't do shit about it


Of course they will. They did issue the obligatory strongly worded statement.

In New York, U.N. deputy spokeswoman Marie Okabe said UNRWA "condemned in the strongest terms" the confiscation of its aid supplies.

36 reine.de.tout  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:25:30pm

re: #19 nyc redneck

who cares if the u.n. notices that hamas steals blankets. of course these animals steal blankets and food.
why doesn't the u.n. get up in arms abt those people tossed off roofs and shot in the legs.
or children used as human shields. or women raped and turned into suicide bombers.
the u.n. is a bunch of cowards. it is easier for them to address the issue of pilfered blankets.

b-b-b-but those are cultural issues - one is supposed to understand cultural differences!
/

37 DEZes  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:25:38pm

looks / pimf

38 Silhouette  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:25:51pm

re: #35 solomonpanting

"My actions were condemned by the UN and all I got was this lousy T-shirt."

39 screaming_eagle  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:26:33pm

re: #27 chicagodudewhotrades

The UN may have finally noticed this, but they won't do shit about it

Are you implying to if they wanted to the UN would actually be capable of doing shit?

40 albusteve  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:26:36pm

re: #36 reine.de.tout

b-b-b-but those are cultural issues - one is supposed to understand cultural differences!
/

yes...Condi can explain it...sit tight

41 Wishing  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:29:35pm

I wish I could give you scads of updings, Charles!

42 chicagodudewhotrades  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:33:41pm

re: #39 screaming_eagle

fair point. you got me. :)

43 LGoPs  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:40:28pm
The United Nations has retracted a claim that an Israeli strike which killed more than 40 people in northern Gaza city of Jabaliya last month hit a school run by a UN agency.

The UN also has retracted a claim that Israel turned them all into newts.
They got better........
/

44 Tom Taylor  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:40:45pm

Unfuckingbelievable! Both things!
Sue them for incitement of the people...

45 mean Gene  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:41:52pm

Have all of the ''staged'' photos been pulled?
I'd love a link to them if not.

46 aboo-Hoo-Hoo  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:43:33pm

Get the pig out.

...and the KY: Iran says US must accept nuclear programme

bend...it's easier.

47 rightymouse  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:44:24pm

10 quatloos that the usual suspects will think that the debunking stories are bunk.

48 Jr Ewing  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:45:55pm

UN should publicly apologize to Israel.

49 A Kiwi Infidel  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:48:46pm

Now the UN have woken up to the fact that all the hamastarian aid has been relieved from the warehouse they will, no doubt, fill it up again. Probably with the help of the US and Israel, those servants of satan/

50 [deleted]  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:49:10pm
51 brookly red  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:52:27pm

I wish the UN would just go away...

52 USBeast  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 4:55:23pm

re: #39 screaming_eagle

Are you implying to if they wanted to the UN would actually be capable of doing shit?

Quite capable. Everything they do is shit.

53 Ben Hur  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 5:00:07pm

Just a few short paragraphs.

After days and days of MSM led sensationalism and endless charges in the UN, mass and violent and fascist Hamas/Iran backed demonstrations throughout the world and the UNWRA spokesman screaming on the BBC and CNN that he is 99.9999999999% sure Israel targeted the school without reason, that further demonized Israel and recruited more members to Al-Quida than 9/11, all we get is a quiet few paragraphs.

54 Blackacre  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 5:10:42pm

And for this patent load of Pallywood propaganda -- willfully peddled by the MSM -- Israeli leaders fell over themselves apologizing to the UN? How do they spell "Jenin" in Tel Aviv?

55 gwillie  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 5:12:15pm

I heard an unconfirmed reports that at least 3 Seattle metro buses have "Free Hamas" ads on them.

56 mean Gene  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 5:18:28pm

AP had all of that copyright garbage going a few months back.
Well, looks like Obama's artist just got caught in their web!
[Link: www.breitbart.com...]
AP alleges copyright infringement of Obama image

Hope-y-Change-y!

57 Render  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 5:22:37pm

Current members of the board of directors of PepsiCo are Indra Nooyi C.E.O., Robert E. Allen, Dina Dublon, Victor Dzau, Ray Hunt, Alberto Ibargüen, Arthur Martinez, Steven Reinemund, Sharon Rockefeller, James Schiro, Franklin Thomas, Cynthia Trudell, and River King.

Follow the money.

COCA
COLA
RULES,
R

58 Ben Hur  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 5:23:16pm

re: #56 mean Gene

That is 100% about getting a piece of the marketing pie.

They want money.

59 Render  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 5:23:16pm

whoops...

HOWD
DAT
HAPPEN,
R

60 EricO  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 5:24:15pm

Now that the UN has come clean, can Barbra Streisand and Steven Spielberg be far behind?

61 Shai  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 5:30:40pm

"What about all those wire service photographs showing pools of blood and bodies inside the school? Can anyone say, “staged?”"

Can someone please, please post links to the staged photos? I'm surprised Charles hasn't done so.

62 mean Gene  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 5:34:32pm

re: #61 Shai

"What about all those wire service photographs showing pools of blood and bodies inside the school? Can anyone say, “staged?”"

Can someone please, please post links to the staged photos? I'm surprised Charles hasn't done so.

I also asked.
I think those photos are either gone off the web or buried under a huge pali-made pile of google so we can't find them.

63 mean Gene  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 5:35:34pm

re: #60 EricO

Now that the UN has come clean, can Barbra Streisand and Steven Spielberg be far behind?

If Bawbwa comes clean she'll pollute all of mid California.

64 Shai  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 5:38:50pm

re: #62 mean Gene

I also asked.
I think those photos are either gone off the web or buried under a huge pali-made pile of google so we can't find them.


Hmmm.... There has to be a way to find them.... Unfortunately I'm not nearly as talented as these bloggers. But this is the sort of thing that needs to be exposed and spread around the internet.

65 mjbrutus  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 5:58:16pm

Wow, real progress. Now if they could just explain who those gunmen were in those vehicles marked "UN", "Red Cross", and "Red Crescent"

66 PeaceAtAllCosts  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 6:03:14pm

Hamas is a virus which needs to be eradicated...and Fatah for that matter as well.

67 mgersh  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 6:07:36pm

Under the Geneva Convention, a combatant taking humanitarian supplies is a War Crime, as is using ambulances and hospitals as shelter in conflict. Wait, I forgot, only Israel is subject to the laws of war. Racist leftists do not hold Arabs to absolute standards of humanity.

68 traderjoe9  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 6:09:54pm

So Israel gets criticized and absolutely demonized by the world, its soldiers are facing criminal charges by the international court, and anti-Semitic violence has set records in the past month.

All because the UN made a "calculation mistake."

69 EricO  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 6:12:02pm

re: #64 Shai

Hmmm.... There has to be a way to find them.... Unfortunately I'm not nearly as talented as these bloggers. But this is the sort of thing that needs to be exposed and spread around the internet.

Here's one - there are plenty - just do a websearch for Gaza UN school bombing. [Link: www.dailymail.co.uk...]

70 Dr. Shalit  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 7:17:59pm

Vladimir I. Lenin spoke about the capitalist willing to sell the rope that would hang him. Hashem had the mercy to take him, perhaps assisted by his successor, in 1924.
He never spoke about a government SO EVIL it would steal blankets from its own people to re-sell them as "taxation" the HARD WAY.
And HAMAS of course governs in accordance with Sha'aria. Draw your own conclusions.

-S-

71 Mich-again  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 7:20:21pm

This is the UN Press release from their UNRWA homepage.

UNRWA Condemns Confiscation of Gaza Aid and Demands its Immediate Return

East Jerusalem, 4 February 2009

At 1430 on 3 February over 3,500 blankets and 406 food parcels were confiscated from a distribution store at Beach Camp in Gaza by police personnel. This took place after UNRWA staff had earlier refused to hand over the aid supplies to the Hamas-run Ministry of Social Affairs. The police subsequently broke into the warehouse and seized the aid by force. The aid was due to be distributed to five hundred families in the area.

I like how they refer to the Ministry of Social Affairs as being Hamas-run, but don't use the same description for the police.

72 Dr. Shalit  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 7:29:17pm

re: #67 mgersh

Under the Geneva Convention, a combatant taking humanitarian supplies is a War Crime, as is using ambulances and hospitals as shelter in conflict. Wait, I forgot, only Israel is subject to the laws of war. Racist leftists do not hold Arabs to absolute standards of humanity.

mgersh -

Racist leftists hold the behavior of the MUSLIM, Arab or otherwise, and Non-White People generally to THE SOFT BIGOTRY of LOW EXPECTATIONS.
I choose NOT TO.

-S-

73 TheAntichrist  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 9:23:07pm

re: #61 Shai

"What about all those wire service photographs showing pools of blood and bodies inside the school? Can anyone say, “staged?”"

Can someone please, please post links to the staged photos? I'm surprised Charles hasn't done so.

Here's a few: Here: [Link: www.jamd.com...]

And here: [Link: www.daylife.com...]

74 UncleSam  Wed, Feb 4, 2009 10:16:24pm

Thieving, murdering vermin.
Hamas by their actions.
UN by inaction.

75 Tazzerman  Thu, Feb 5, 2009 7:47:59am

re: #53 Ben Hur

Exactly! Now lets see the MSM pick this story up and paste it all over the front pages of every newspaper in the country. /crickets......

76 Amer-I-Can  Thu, Feb 5, 2009 8:55:22am

The UN is worthless, this will get swept under the rug just like everything else does. This Christopher Gunness is probably unemployed now for letting the cat out of the bag.

As for the school shelling... only the die hard extremists believed that bunk from the start... and this admission by the UN will not change their beliefs one bit. Fuck 'em!


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