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Op-Ed: Even without a political solution, the US could forge a Mideast legacy
Arutz Sheva ^ | 17/4/16 | David Bedein

Posted on 04/17/2016 4:50:32 PM PDT by Eleutheria5

Hamas Minister of Religion Ismael Radwan, told us on camera in our documentary film UNRWA goes to War that “The Hamas relationship with UNRWA is good, very good. Now a direct connection exists between UNRWA and Hamas.”

What can and should be done by the current US administration:

The US could demand that UNRWA dismiss employees affiliated with Hamas, in accordance with laws in the US, Canada, the EU, the UK and Australia, which forbid aid to agencies that employ members of a terrorist organization. After all, the US Congress enacted strict laws in 2003 in this regard, but they have never been enforced.

The US could ask that paramilitary training of UNRWA students be brought to an end.

It could also demand to audit donor funds that flow to UNRWA from 68 nations and examine reports of wasted resources, duplicity of services and the illegal flow of cash to terrorist groups.

Perhaps the unkindest cut of all is that UNRWA has renewed a special contract with its youth ambassador Mohammad Assaf, who won “Arab Idol” in 2013 at the age of 22.

Assaf now travels the world encouraging lethal violence.

The lyrics of Assaf’s songs are rife with calls to war...

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(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Israel; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: fatah; gaza; hamas; hizbollah; iran; israel; largestdonor; lebanon; unhrc; unrwa; unrwagoestowar; us; waronterror
De-fund and disband UNRWA.
1 posted on 04/17/2016 4:50:32 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
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To: Eleutheria5
The US HAS forged a Mideast legacy under madamme secretary. Slash and burn, what difference does it make, who cares about stability and peace, so long as Bill and Hitlery and Chelsee get a pile of offshore cash.


2 posted on 04/17/2016 5:02:58 PM PDT by 867V309 (It's over. It's over now.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
Thanks Eleutheria5. Legacy building is a hollow pursuit.

3 posted on 04/17/2016 5:09:41 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Obama’s legacy is that he destroyed Dubya’s hard-won legacy in Iraq and Libya, one of the few hopeful moments in the Middle East.


4 posted on 04/17/2016 5:26:57 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
Middle East and terrorism, occasional political and Jewish issues Ping List. High Volume

If you'd like to be on or off, please FR mail me.

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5 posted on 04/17/2016 5:53:31 PM PDT by SJackson (Oh my God, she's so beautiful and she's so little!, Huma first impression of Hillary)
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To: Eleutheria5

[[De-fund and disband UNRWA. ]]

Please let’s not stop there :)


6 posted on 04/17/2016 6:01:47 PM PDT by Lera (1 Corinthians 15:3-4)
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"Why Not? I've Been Successful At Forgery In the Past!"


7 posted on 04/19/2016 5:40:36 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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