Interesting, didn't know platforms like Benevity existed.
I think it's worth noting that yesterday the UN's Office of Internal Oversight Services said that 9 UNRWA staff members "may have been involved in the armed attacks of 7 October 2023." Reuters noted that there are 13,000 such members in Gaza. So the rate of staff who "may have been…
Interesting, didn't know platforms like Benevity existed.
I think it's worth noting that yesterday the UN's Office of Internal Oversight Services said that 9 UNRWA staff members "may have been involved in the armed attacks of 7 October 2023." Reuters noted that there are 13,000 such members in Gaza. So the rate of staff who "may have been involved" was 0.069%. Not sure if that changes Microsoft's decision, but should the terrible actions of 7 one-hundredths of one percent of a workforce drive a delisting!? Sure seems like another utterly disproportionate response led by Israel.
I read that UNRWA was one of largest employers in Gaza. So if you work for the UNRWA, you can’t join in the fight to resist Israel. You called this a terrible action.
Because it was. You might want to read up on the UNRWA's vision and mission. Spoiler alert - participation in armed attacks is not one of its guiding principles.
Armed struggle against a colonial occupier is, according to the U.N., a legally enshrined right of a colonized people. You might want to read up on what actually happened on October 7.
Your article doesn't even mention the United Nations. It only tries to downplay the war crimes committed by Hamas on October 7. Try to stay focused on the contents of the article.
What the article does is explain quite clearly how all the armed factions, not just Hamas, have been engaged in a struggle against a colonial occupier for decades, of which October 7 is just the latest escalation. I think it does more to emphasize Israel’s atrocious existence, the necessary context for that struggle, than bother at all with what international laws Palestinian combatants did or didn't break. (Why look at that in isolation from those broken by Israeli combatants anyway?)
With that context, you can connect the dots yourself—why does UNRWA even exist as a distinct entity from other refugee organizations in the first place? Why would the UN make any resolutions regarding armed struggles?
Interesting, didn't know platforms like Benevity existed.
I think it's worth noting that yesterday the UN's Office of Internal Oversight Services said that 9 UNRWA staff members "may have been involved in the armed attacks of 7 October 2023." Reuters noted that there are 13,000 such members in Gaza. So the rate of staff who "may have been involved" was 0.069%. Not sure if that changes Microsoft's decision, but should the terrible actions of 7 one-hundredths of one percent of a workforce drive a delisting!? Sure seems like another utterly disproportionate response led by Israel.
I read that UNRWA was one of largest employers in Gaza. So if you work for the UNRWA, you can’t join in the fight to resist Israel. You called this a terrible action.
Yes, I did call that a terrible action.
Because it was. You might want to read up on the UNRWA's vision and mission. Spoiler alert - participation in armed attacks is not one of its guiding principles.
Armed struggle against a colonial occupier is, according to the U.N., a legally enshrined right of a colonized people. You might want to read up on what actually happened on October 7.
https://brooklynrail.org/2024/05/field-notes/The-Gaza-Ghetto-Uprising
Your article doesn't even mention the United Nations. It only tries to downplay the war crimes committed by Hamas on October 7. Try to stay focused on the contents of the article.
What the article does is explain quite clearly how all the armed factions, not just Hamas, have been engaged in a struggle against a colonial occupier for decades, of which October 7 is just the latest escalation. I think it does more to emphasize Israel’s atrocious existence, the necessary context for that struggle, than bother at all with what international laws Palestinian combatants did or didn't break. (Why look at that in isolation from those broken by Israeli combatants anyway?)
With that context, you can connect the dots yourself—why does UNRWA even exist as a distinct entity from other refugee organizations in the first place? Why would the UN make any resolutions regarding armed struggles?