Posted on 10/05/2004 1:46:08 PM PDT by jperspective
The head of the UN administration in the West Bank and Gaza admits Hamas members are on his payroll. Media outlets ignore it.
Peter Hansen (pictured at right), Commissioner-General of the UN agency in Gaza and the West Bank, made a startling admission in an interview with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on Monday (10/4):
I am sure that there are Hamas members on the UNRWA payroll and I don't see that as a crime... we do not do political vetting and exclude people from one persuasion as against another.
With this statement, Hansen verified what Israel has long contended ¯ the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), rather than performing a neutral humanitarian role in Palestinian regions, is actually infested with terrorists who use international funds and UN safe havens to facilitate attacks on Israeli civilians.
Hansen attempted to draw a distinction between UN employees who identify with Hamas 'politically,' as opposed to 'militant' Hamas members, but that distinction has been categorically rejected by the United States and the European Union, both of which blacklist all branches of Hamas, and freeze all Hamas assets, without exception.
Despite the gravity of this matter, Hansen's admission that Hamas members are on the UN payroll has ¯ as of now ¯ received scant media attention. The Associated Press, for example, buried Hansen's statement in an article that focused primarily on IDF air strikes, and the New York Times has yet to even acknowledge Hansen's admission.
This error of omission is particularly troubling in light of Israel's ongoing campaign in Gaza to stop Hamas from firing rockets into Israeli towns such as Sderot.
Hansen has long been accused of anti-Israel bias. In the wake of the 2002 Jenin operation, Hansen gave interviews falsely describing 'wholesale obliteration... a human catastrophe that has few parallels in recent history,' 'helicopters... strafing civilian residential areas,' and 'bodies... piling up' in 'mass graves.' Some of this carnage Hansen even claimed to have seen 'with my own eyes.'
http://www.jperspective.com/2004/10/un-head-admits-hamas-employees-on-its.html#comments
Interestingly John Kerry's choice for Secretary of State is a former UN Ambassador who unabashedly believes in the worthiness of the UN and the concept of Internationalism. This guy will not be good for Israel
BTTT
Where's the outrage?
You won't see this story reported by Dan Rather and the mainstream media!
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Gun grabbing, sex, child molesting, you name it, they do it. And they don't pay their parking tickets, either, just to add insult to injury. Vermin.
How many are on Kerrys payroll?
Including Teh-Rat-Za?
I Guess Hanson ("We do not vet Politically") missed that...
Kofi Annan is probably also Hamas.. or Hizbollah
got it, say bye to un.
The UN is a criminal organization, and the ONLY way to deal with them is the way Israel did today. Arrest them and charge them with the crimes they have committed. Convict them and put them in prison, which is exactly where they belong.
Will Ted Turner increase his UN beneficense to fill in for the oil for food shortfall.
Ted Turner what a doofus!
This might explain UN ambulances being used to carry Hamas weapons.
Bump.
With the kinds of things that go on in that part of the world everyday, I am amazed that somebody hasn't just capped Hansen.
The flash is that they admitted it! Its also interesting that they continue to say that there is a difference between the Hamas Political wing and the militant wing. Give me a break!
Anyone have a idea of how may US citizens have been killed by members of hamass?
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