As Israel continues its ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people, the United Nations is losing its last shred of morality.
The Israeli government has informed the UN that it will not renew the visa of Lynn Hastings, the U.N. resident coordinator and humanitarian coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The Israeli government has asked the U.N. to appoint a replacement that can gain their trust.
To put it differently, someone who wouldn’t dare to blame Israel, as Hastings bravely did. Hastings was merely fulfilling her obligations by exposing the humanitarian crisis imposed by the Israeli government.
In other words, the UN is now actively seeking an obedient and submissive official to replace Hastings to appease Israel. Someone who, according to Israel, is impartial enough to blame everything on the Palestinians, even their own Genocide.
As for UNRWA, the U.S. Administration has already nominated an American Deputy Commissioner General. The new DCG will be busy investigating the local staff of UNRWA to satisfy Israel’s latest unsubstantiated accusations of lack of neutrality. Will the new UNRWA DCG dare to investigate Israel’s bombing of 82 UNRWA schools, centers, and shelters, as well as the indiscriminate killing of some 150 UNRWA Palestinian local staff?
Yesterday, as the fiercest bombardments resumed, the UNRWA CG had one thing to say: ‘Very sad days ahead’, effectively abdicating his role as the UNRWA Humanitarian Head in Gaza.
In UNHQ NY, the Secretary-General’s Spokesman was busy fielding questions from journalists about the WFP Head, Cindy McCain, defending her fiercely, even though WFP didn’t manage to airdrop a single box of aid for the Palestinian people under her leadership.
When one journalist asked the SG’ Spokesman how worried was the SG about UN staff in Gaza, the Spokesman replied:
“Extremely”
The death toll for UNRWA staff is currently close to 150.
Yesterday, on one of the most horrific days of Israeli bombardment and indiscriminate killing of civilian Palestinians, the SG issued a two-line statement:
“I deeply regret that military operations have started again in Gaza. I still hope that it will be possible to renew the pause that was established.”
Subsequently, he was seen at COP28 telling world leaders that it was:
“Not too late to stop the climate crisis and that they could still prevent planetary crash and burn. But we need leadership – cooperation – and political will. And we need it now.”
Mr. Secretary-General,
If the United Nations cannot prevent the total crash and destruction of 365 sq km of Gaza, how can we prevent the ‘planetary crash’?
How will you prevent the “planet’s burn” if the United Nations is unable to prevent the live burning of 2 million Palestinian people?
Mr. Secretary-General,
The only place you should be in at this moment, you and your UN leaders, is Gaza. Nowhere Else.
Well said , proud knowing you