Israel and UN are maneuvering fraught but fundamental ties during Middle East wars
GENEVA — A year ago, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks in Israel but said in remarks to the Security Council that they " did not happen in a vacuum.” That phrase was immediately denounced by Israel and still looms over U.N. activities in the Middle East.
On Oct. 2, Israel’s Foreign Minister Israel Katz deemed Guterres “persona non grata” — not welcome — in the country. Israel alleges that some of the thousands of employees of UNRWA, the top aid provider in Gaza, participated in the Oct. 7 attacks. More than a dozen staffers were subsequently fired following an internal probe.
And Netanyahu attacked the world body in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly last month, saying that until Israel “is treated like other nations, until this antisemitic swamp is drained, the U.N. will be viewed by fair-minded people everywhere as nothing more than a contemptuous farce.” UNICEF says its cash distribution programs have helped offset the economic fallout from soaring unemployment and spiking prices when food and other aid doesn’t get through. Its trucks ferry in water, and its teams help rebuild desalination plants. It has brought in 1.2 million polio vaccine doses.
“UNRWA’s the backbone,” and without it, “the whole thing falls apart,” UNICEF spokesman James Elder said. “Particularly, as UNRWA has been more restricted, everyone has had to step up. But everyone’s had to step up knowing full well they can’t step into those shoes.” At a U.N. Security Council meeting last week, Israel’s U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon pointed to Hamas for the lack of humanitarian aid in Gaza.
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