Israel/Palestine

FBaggins

(26,731 posts) Fri Oct 23, 2015, 11:23 AM Oct 2015

UNRWA employees suspended for inciting violence against Israelis on Facebook

After ignoring past reports, the UN finally took action against its own employees inciting violence against Israel on social media. The United Nations suspended several UNRWA employees after UN Watch exposed that they were inciting violence against Israelis and Jews on social media.

The suspensions came UN Watch published a report giving 10 specific examples of UNWRA employees calling for violence publicly on Facebook.

UNRWA spokseman Chris Gunness recently railed out against UN Watch's allegations, claiming they were making "baseless allegations about anti-semitism" and appealed to journalists to ignore the report.

However, now Gunness's fears seem to have come true as UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Thursday announced that the UNRWA staff members inciting anti-Semitic and anti-Israel violence on Facebook "have been subject to both remedial and disciplinary action, including suspension and loss of pay."

http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/UN-suspends-UNWRA-employees-for-inciting-violence-against-Israelis-on-Facebook-429896

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UNRWA employees suspended for inciting violence against Israelis on Facebook (Original Post) FBaggins Oct 2015 OP

I am shocked SHOCKED to find gambling going on here. iandhr Oct 2015 #1

I am shocked to find UNWRA do anything about it 6chars Oct 2015 #3

I'm shocked too. Of course, they're trying to keep this very low key. n/t shira Oct 2015 #13

such people get cabinet appointments in Israel if the targets of their incitement and bigotry geek tragedy Oct 2015 #2

And it's different with Hamas or the PLO? FBaggins Oct 2015 #5

The reality is that the UN has to hire people locally to deliver services. geek tragedy Oct 2015 #6

... and they have to fire people whose beliefs are antithetical to achieving their mission. FBaggins Oct 2015 #7

it's amazing anyone in Gaza is able to keep their shit together nt geek tragedy Oct 2015 #9

Are you excusing this horrendous UN incitement to murder innocents? shira Oct 2015 #23

so it's up to UNRWA to pursue peace with Israel azurnoir Oct 2015 #10

Well... it's everyone's job to purse peace. But that wasn't the point FBaggins Oct 2015 #11

that's about the coldest comment I have ever read here, do you include the 530+ dead children too? azurnoir Oct 2015 #12

You may have missed this post. grossproffit Oct 2015 #16

No you and another poster have been calling out the poster on numerous occasions azurnoir Oct 2015 #19

Alerting is for the weak. grossproffit Oct 2015 #22

so you prefer repeated call outs? azurnoir Oct 2015 #26

It isn't cold... I'm just blaming the people who actually wanted them to die FBaggins Oct 2015 #17

really you said they (the people that died did because they listened to Hamas azurnoir Oct 2015 #18

I have no idea how that made sense to you when you typed it FBaggins Oct 2015 #20

your quote "They were told. Over and over and over again. They listened to Hamas instead. " azurnoir Oct 2015 #21

Looks like you believe UN employees who want Jews dead.... shira Oct 2015 #24

It looks like you use Jews and Israeli's quite interchangeably azurnoir Oct 2015 #25

None of those UN employees are calling for the killing of random Israelis.... shira Oct 2015 #27

nor were they calling for the killing of random Jews azurnoir Oct 2015 #28

Bullshit. Of course they are. shira Oct 2015 #30

so they were calling for the killing of Jews in Brooklyn or Omaha that would be random Jews azurnoir Oct 2015 #32

Show us evidence they want to kill non-Jews as well. n/t shira Oct 2015 #34

show us where they called for killing as MEMRI says anywhere save Israel azurnoir Oct 2015 #35

The call is to kill Jews in Israel, not throughout the world... shira Oct 2015 #37

the title of your link says the video's no longer exist and that they were posted by Hamas not UNRWA azurnoir Oct 2015 #40

wonder how many of those local people in Gaza lost a child or wife or husband or sister or brother azurnoir Oct 2015 #8

Happens to Israeli terror victim families too. Would you understand their desire.... shira Oct 2015 #43

There is no one in the Cabinet calling for or cheering on death to Arabs. shira Oct 2015 #14

does Ayelet Shaked still have a job? azurnoir Oct 2015 #29

She doesn't do that either. But nice try. n/t shira Oct 2015 #31

Really she didn't? does "little snakes" ring a bell? azurnoir Oct 2015 #33

You mean the episode where she's falsely accused of calling for genocide? n/t shira Oct 2015 #36

Falsely? she posted an essay on FB that called for just that commenting azurnoir Oct 2015 #38

No she didn't. Neither did she call Palestinians snakes. n/t shira Oct 2015 #39

yes she did and it was Palestinian kids that were being referred to azurnoir Oct 2015 #42

Prove it. Where does she call for genocide? shira Oct 2015 #44

Thank you here ya go a translation from her FB page now proIsrael pundits azurnoir Oct 2015 #45

Kindly point out this call for genocide. n/t shira Oct 2015 #46

my reply was to "There is no one in the Cabinet calling for or cheering on death to Arabs" I did azurnoir Oct 2015 #47

But she doesn't call for or cheer on death to Arabs. In fact, she responded... shira Oct 2015 #48

Good. UN Watch is on the ball. I appreciate their hard work. grossproffit Oct 2015 #4

Glad you're back and posting here again. n/t shira Oct 2015 #15

Well I guess it's a start, but what now? n/t Little Tich Oct 2015 #41

iandhr

(6,852 posts)

1. I am shocked SHOCKED to find gambling going on here.

Reply to FBaggins (Original post)

Fri Oct 23, 2015, 11:29 AM

Oct 2015

6chars

(3,967 posts)

3. I am shocked to find UNWRA do anything about it

Reply to iandhr (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 23, 2015, 12:06 PM

Oct 2015

At least they rounded up the usual suspects.

shira

(30,109 posts)

13. I'm shocked too. Of course, they're trying to keep this very low key. n/t

Reply to 6chars (Reply #3)

Fri Oct 23, 2015, 06:24 PM

Oct 2015

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)

2. such people get cabinet appointments in Israel if the targets of their incitement and bigotry

Reply to FBaggins (Original post)

Fri Oct 23, 2015, 11:37 AM

Oct 2015

belong to the disfavored ethnic group.

Obviously not acceptable for people taking a check from the UN to wallow in bigotry and incitement.

FBaggins

(26,731 posts)

5. And it's different with Hamas or the PLO?

Reply to geek tragedy (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 23, 2015, 02:16 PM

Oct 2015

Many US officials had little nice to say about the Japanese during WWII (and vice-versa). That's hardly a surprise in a deadly conflict.

The difference is that the UN's role isn't supposed to be adversarial. They certainly aren't supposed to be cheerleading the insane behaviors that cause so many of the refugee problems in the first place.

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)

6. The reality is that the UN has to hire people locally to deliver services.

Reply to FBaggins (Reply #5)

Fri Oct 23, 2015, 02:19 PM

Oct 2015

FBaggins

(26,731 posts)

7. ... and they have to fire people whose beliefs are antithetical to achieving their mission.

Reply to geek tragedy (Reply #6)

Fri Oct 23, 2015, 02:27 PM

Oct 2015

You're clearly not supporting their human development if you're telling them to commit terrorist acts.

Surely there exist enough locals with some semblance of sanity to staff the agency? If not... there's little point it pursuing peace.

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)

9. it's amazing anyone in Gaza is able to keep their shit together nt

Reply to FBaggins (Reply #7)

Fri Oct 23, 2015, 03:06 PM

Oct 2015

shira

(30,109 posts)

23. Are you excusing this horrendous UN incitement to murder innocents?

Reply to geek tragedy (Reply #9)

Fri Oct 23, 2015, 10:53 PM

Oct 2015

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You think it's so bad for Palestinians, it's no wonder this is happening?

In the real world there's FAR worse happening to millions of people. Victims being constantly butchered (think Syria), raped (Darfur), and sold as slaves elsewhere (Mauritania) who'd love to be as oppressed as the Palestinians are by Israel. And yet, we don't see those millions of victims attacking & killing random innocent people - calling for genocide of an entire race or ethnicity. We certainly don't see good people giving victims elsewhere justification for attacking innocents. Or understanding how desperate these other millions of victims are so that they have little choice but to murder random people.

Your remark in #9 actually incites more violence against innocents. Think about it.

It's also racist. As if Palestinians - of all people on the planet - cannot help but be murderers of innocents. That's the racism of low expectations.