Children staying in Unrwa shelters take part in an event meant to reduce stress and tension caused by the psychological trauma from ongoing Israeli attacks, in the courtyard of Tel al-Hawa girls’ school in Gaza.
Photograph: Dawoud Abo Alkas/Anadolu/Getty Images
#NotSatire. In short
'#UNRWA is #Hamas' 
:
"There are serious concerns about Unrwa’s impartiality, including information that Hamas has used Unrwa’s facilities, and that Unrwa’s staff participated in the 7 October terrorist attack against Israel," -Joshua Simmons, senior legal official, #StateDepartment
"US tells #ICJ #Israel legally permitted to curtail work of (non)'impartial' #UN agencies
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-tells-icj-international-law-allows-israel-attack-un-agencies-are-impartial @palestine #Gaza #genocide
Unrwa says Israel has abused detained staff and used some as human shields | Israel-Gaza war | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/29/unrwa-says-israel-has-abused-detained-staff-and-used-some-as-human-shields
#Sudáfrica denunció ante la #CIJ que #Israel viola sistemáticamente el derecho internacional al bloquear la ayuda humanitaria y atacar a la #UNRWA, además, condenó el hambre impuesta a millones en #Gaza.
Middle East crisis live: US backs Israel’s stance on Unrwa at ICJ hearing | Yemen | The Guardian…
A US official told the international court of justice (ICJ) there were “serious concerns” about the impartiality of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees ( #unrwa )... #middleeast #ICJ #yemen #worldnews #houthis
US official tells #ICJ there are 'serious concerns’ over #Unrwa impartiality - https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/apr/30/houthis-yemen-us-uk-strikes-israel-icj-gaza-middle-east-crisis-live-updates?page=with%3Ablock-6811ded78f0823d712e8c276#block-6811ded78f0823d712e8c276 but practically no one else does; strange, that, it's almost as if #murica is biased
#israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #medicalaid / #internationallaw / #uno / #unrwa / #prcs
„Accusation from UN agency comes as Red Crescent medic held since deadly Israeli attack on ambulances is freed
The embattled UN agency for Palestinian refugees, Unrwa, has accused Israel of abusing dozens of its staff in military detention and using some as human shields.“
"Most moral army?" Dann doch eher: Terrormiliz #IDF:
"#Unrwa hat Israel beschuldigt, Dutzende seiner Mitarbeiter in Haft zu misshandeln und einige als menschliche Schutzschilde zu benutzen."
In der dt. Presse steht dann wieder die IDF Pressemitteilung...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/29/unrwa-says-israel-has-abused-detained-staff-and-used-some-as-human-shields
#israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #prcs / #unrwa / #warcrime / #detainee / #releasefromprison
„The Israeli military has released a Palestinian paramedic detained when Israeli troops killed 15 other emergency workers in southern Gaza last month, the Palestine Red Crescent Society said.“
#Unrwa says #Israel has abused detained staff and used some as human shields
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/29/unrwa-says-israel-has-abused-detained-staff-and-used-some-as-human-shields
Accusation from UN agency comes as Red Crescent medic held since deadly Israeli attack on ambulances is freed
#Unrwa says #Israel has abused detained staff and used some as #humanshields - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/29/unrwa-says-israel-has-abused-detained-staff-and-used-some-as-human-shields "Accusation from UN agency comes as Red Crescent medic held since deadly Israeli attack on ambulances is freed" #gaza
Das #UNO-Palästinenserhilfswerks (UNRWA) hat Israel vorgeworfen, in den eineinhalb Jahren des #Gaza-Kriegs mehr als 50 Beschäftigte der UNO-Organisation festgenommen und misshandelt zu haben. „Sie wurden auf die schockierendste und unmenschlichste Weise behandelt“, schrieb #UNRWA-Chef Philippe Lazzarini heute auf der Plattform X.
https://orf.at/stories/3392028/
#GazaSoupKitchen Update on April 28th, 2025 by #HaniAlmadhoun, Organizer
"Salam and hello from Seattle — racing to return my rental and catch the shuttle to the airport!
I was here to meet with our #UNRWA USA supporters and gear up for the inaugural Seattle Gaza 5K on August 3rd.
But my heart is back in Gaza.
Last week, we added a 7th soup kitchen location because things are desperate.
Now, heartbreakingly, we may have to open an 8th.
The need keeps growing while the food keeps shrinking.
Everyone is exhausted.
You see the videos.
Our family and crew are living it — seeing the bodies in the streets, in hospitals, at every delivery site.
This is their daily reality.
No words can soften it.
The sliver of good news?
American public opinion is shifting.
Israeli policies and practices are now about as popular as COVID-19 in 2020 — overwhelming, wrong, criminal.
There’s no "but." It’s just the truth.
One of our kitchens — where Chef Faten leads — has become the most photographed soup kitchen in history.
Every day for the past month, a reporter comes to capture it:
The endless lines.
The incredible crew — women and men — cooking under brutal conditions to feed their neighbors.
We fear for their safety, and she knows the risks of speaking out.
Friends send me clips from news sites — but none of it stops the nightmare.
People need us now.
And we keep showing up.
Even the reporters, who might have money and resources, leave after filming with a meal — because they, too, are food insecure.
That’s how widespread the hunger is.
This program speaks for the hungry.
Right now, we have about 2-3 weeks of food left — that's it. 
Sourcing anything is already a massive struggle.
Our last move?
We sent a team south to try to find rice and pasta and bring it north.
Carts are banned. Rickshaws and livestock-pulled carts are all we have.
Nothing new has entered Gaza for almost two months.
People are starving.
Pause and really think about that.
It’s indefensible.
Still, we hold on.
We deliver water daily.
We run small projects — slushies for kids 
, bread, kids' clothes, haircuts 
— whatever we can manage to give them a glimmer of normalcy.
Small joys matter.
In a place where kids are being killed and wounded every day, a cold slushie is a glimpse of childhood again.
At our medical point, nurses and doctors are seeing 70-100 patients daily.
We keep restocking supplies when we can.
The nurses are the true healers. 
As for us?
We will not stop.
Maybe an 8th location this week.
Maybe another hospital next.
Whatever it takes.
Please:
Keep speaking out.
Keep believing in collective liberation.
Stay loud for Palestine.
They have suffered enough.
2023. 2024. 2025.
Let’s make sure this ends yesterday, not tomorrow.
In prayers and persistence,
Hani
P.S. For those who asked: my parents are alive (Alhamdulillah), leaning on their faith but tired, insecure, and worried for the grandkids they now have to raise while in their seventies. But it has also given them new purpose — and I know many Palestinians now find themselves in the same boat."
Donate:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/Hot-meals-in-gaza-daily
#NorthGaza #GazaAid #GazaFundraisers #FreePalestine #Fundraisers #FoodIsLife #WaterIsLife #GoFundMe #BeitLahiya #BaitLahiya #KhanYounes #Palestine #Genocide #Starvation #IsraeliWarCrimes #NorthernGaza
Remember #ChefMahmoud
#HumanRightsAreNeverWrong #IsraeliWarCrimes #BibiIsAWarCriminal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgNvt6qxVmY
Can the #ICJ hold #apartheidIsrael to account over its ban on #UNRWA?
GUESTS:
#GideonLevy, #Haaretz
#SamRose, #UNRWA
#MichaelLynk, human rights lawyer in #London, Canada
#Gaza #ICJ #TheHague #UNRWA #ArdiImseis
"Ardi Imseis: Israel seeks to erase Palestinian refugee rights by eliminating UNRWA" [ ± 1-3 min]
by MiddleEastEye
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fBc4phZqk3Q
Quote by MEE:
"Apr 29, 2025
Lawyer Ardi Imseis argued that dismantling UNRWA is "essential to the success of Israel’s broader plans," warning that the agency’s elimination would remove the "last hope" for Palestinian survival in Gaza.
Speaking before the ICJ, Imseis argued that Israel’s long-term objective is to erase Palestinian existence and refugee rights, citing past statements by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calling for UNRWA to be "disbanded" and to "pass from the world," accusing the agency of "perpetuating the Palestinian refugee problem."
#NeverAgain #StopTheGenocide
#JusticeForHindRajab #JusticeForRifaatRadwan
#JailForNetanyahu #JailForGallant #SmotrichRaus
#israel #palästina : #krieg / #gaza / #völkerrecht / #igh / #uno / #unrwa
„Internationaler Gerichtshof prüft in fünftägiger #Anhörung, ob UNRWA-Verbot rechtmäßig ist“
https://www.jungewelt.de/artikel/499026.igh-anh%C3%B6rung-zu-unrwa-verbot-israel-vor-gericht.html
Siehe auch:
„Israel seems set on destroying system of international law compliance, ICJ hears“
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/28/un-is-threatened-by-israels-decision-to-cut-ties-with-relief-agency-world-court-told
„Darf Israel die humanitäre Hilfe zum Gazastreifen blockieren?“
https://www.srf.ch/news/international/anhoerung-zu-israel-vor-igh-darf-israel-die-humanitaere-hilfe-zum-gazastreifen-blockieren
"The World Court begins five-day proceedings following a request by the UN #GeneralAssembly to rule on Israel's breaches of international law and attacks on UN facilities
"@palestine presents case at #ICJ on #Israel's attacks on #UN agencies"
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/watch-live-icj-hears-case-related-israel-ban-unrwa #UNRWA #UNGA #Palestinians #Genocide
Israel attacking framework for international law compliance, ICJ hears | International court of justice | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/28/un-is-threatened-by-israels-decision-to-cut-ties-with-relief-agency-world-court-told
ICJ begins hearings on Israel's humanitarian obligations in Palestinian territories http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TKQc9J #Israel #Palestine #ICJ #HumanRights #UNRWA
