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February 3rd. Johnson, Republican speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, announced a $17.6 billion appropriations bill to provide aid to Israel and U.S. forces in the Middle East.
But it does not include aid to Ukraine.
1949 year.
UNRWA was established.
It is mainly responsible for providing humanitarian relief, education and medical services to registered Palestinian refugees living in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon.
1950 year.
UNRWA became operational.
In 2017.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proposed to Haley, then US ambassador to the United Nations and the Republican Party's leading candidate this year.
Dissolution of UNRWA.
Netanyahu believes.
UNRWA continued the "so-called right of return, the aim of which is to eliminate Israel". For these reasons, UNRWA should be closed".
In 2018.
Trump** interrupted funding for UNRWA.
In the same year. The United Arab Emirates Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UAE) contributed $20 million.
In 2020.
Under the wave of normalization of Arab-Israeli relations.
A number of Arab countries had begun to cut funding for UNRWA, and calls for the Agency's consolidation had begun to grow.
For example, after the signing of the Abraham Accords between the UAE and Israel.
The amount of aid dropped dramatically to $1 million.
In 2021.
After Biden** resumed funding for Near East relief.
The agency is required to deepen reforms, including combating anti-Semitism in the education system, requiring its staff to remain neutral, and ensuring that its facilities are not used by terrorist groups.
In 2023.
Before the outbreak of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The leadership of UNRWA had repeatedly raised the alarm that the agency's financial situation was precarious.
As of mid-September.
The agency has also failed to fill the funding gap.
After the start of the war.
The agency distributed donations to civilians in the Gaza Strip.
November 19th.
The IDF has laid siege to another large local hospital, Indonesian Hospital, which houses about 700 people, and the Israeli attack has killed 12 people, including patients.
January 17, 2024.
UNRWA announced a comprehensive and independent review of the organization.
January 24th.
Khan Younis, Gaza Strip.
A fire broke out following the attack on the UNRWA vocational training centre.
In the early hours of January 25.
Israeli tanks directly shelled the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Near East (UNRWA) in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
January 26th.
The International Court of Justice issued interim measures.
Israel is called upon to take measures to prevent "genocide" in the Gaza Strip and to allow much-needed humanitarian aid into war-torn enclaves.
A few hours later.
Israel has issued accusations against Gaza's largest UN aid agency.
At least 12 UNRWA staff members were alleged to have been involved in the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) attack on Israel on 7 October last year.
After being charged.
UNRWA announced an investigation and dismissed several of the employees involved.
The United Nations is committed.
Any employee involved in a "terrorist act" will be held accountable.
Same. Israel's ambassador to the UN, Melaf Elon Shahar, slammed the WHO for colluding with Hamas at the WHO's Executive Board.
The United States announced a moratorium on funding to UNRWA.
This is a close second. More than a dozen countries, including Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Finland and Japan, have also announced the suspension of funding.
January 28th.
The Spokesperson of the UN Secretary-General issued a statement on behalf of Secretary-General António Guterres.
Publication of the United Nations investigation into the alleged involvement of UNRWA staff in attacks on Israel.
According to the statement. Upon receipt of relevant evidence from the Israeli side, the United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) immediately initiated an investigation.
Of the 12 people involved:
Nine were summarily dismissed by UNRWA;
1 person has been confirmed dead;
The identities of the other two are being verified.
Same. Palestinian Prime Minister Ashtiyeh made a statement.
Israel was accused of inciting the international community to stop funding the United Nations Relief and Works Agency in the Near East (UNRWA) and called on the countries concerned to reverse previous decisions.
January 29th.
UNRWA announced.
What if the grant can't be reinstated?
The agency may be forced to halt its work in the Gaza Strip by the end of February.
In the early morning of January 30.
More than a dozen Israeli soldiers disguised themselves infiltrated the hospital to carry out the assassination and shot dead three Palestinians, one of whom was a member of Hamas, who was receiving ** at the hospital.
Same. An Israeli senior ** said.
** does not support the immediate cessation of the operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency in the Near East.
If UNRWA were to shut down on the ground, it could trigger a humanitarian catastrophe that would force Israel to stop fighting Hamas. This is not in Israel's interest, nor is it in the interests of Israel's allies. ”
January 31.
Israel's border with Gaza.
The Israeli army is moving towards the Gaza Strip**.
As of now. The number of Palestine refugees has grown from 700,000 to 5.9 million.
Long. Israel opposes the return of refugees to their homes.
It is believed that such a large influx of Palestinians will nullify Israel's Jewish identity.
Meanwhile. October 7, 2023.
Hamas launched Operation Al-Aqsa Flood.
The Palestinian-Israeli conflict has resumed.
Thereafter. Israel has brazenly launched a multi-slime campaign.
Israel's military actions don't talk about its Middle Eastern neighbors.
Even the European Union can't look at it.
October 26th.
After "quarreling for days".
EU countries reached a joint statement on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at a summit of leaders in Brussels.
Stressing the importance of ensuring the safety of all civilians, they expressed "gravest concern" about the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip and called on all parties to "pause" the conflict for humanitarian needs.
But Israel is still going its own way.
October 27th.
Israel*** spokesman Leor Khayat said, "Israel opposes a humanitarian truce or ceasefire at this time. ”
And a senior Israeli *** said the call for a ceasefire appeared "insincere".
Meanwhile. In his speech, Israel's representative to the United Nations, Erdan, blasted "this is the darkest day for the United Nations and for humanity" and "there is no mention of Hamas in the resolution, as if the war had happened for no reason."
He even declared.
The legitimacy of the United Nations is gone".
This comes at the time of the adoption of the General Assembly resolution calling for a ceasefire.
IDF chief spokesman Daniel Hegli said the Israeli army would expand its ground military operations that night.
on this. Americans also have some headaches.
November 7.
This comes after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would assume "full responsibility for security" for the Gaza Strip "indefinitely".
The White House has warned Israel not to reoccupy Gaza.
On 29 December, South Africa filed proceedings with the International Court of Justice in The Hague.
Accusing Israel of committing "ethnically ***" in Gaza
January 9, 2024.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who is visiting Israel, urged Israel to make the "hard choice" to normalize relations with more of its neighbors.
He did not call for a ceasefire.
It also rejects South Africa's "racial *** charges" against Israel.
Israel said.
Continue and intensify the offensive.
January 15th.
This was stated by the former leader of the Israeli security agencies.
Before the establishment of Palestine.
Israel's security is not guaranteed.
But does Israel really want "guarantees"?
January 18th.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made controversial remarks, rejecting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's call for a two-state solution and explicitly opposing the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.
He claimed. The majority of Israeli citizens oppose the establishment of a Palestinian state, and Israel** will resist the proposals.
So it seems. The Americans are a bit wishful thinking.
January 31.
This was stated by Matthew Miller, a spokesman for the United States.
The United States is actively seeking to create an independent Palestinian state that would provide security guarantees for Israel, and Biden has explored various options with partners in the region.
Take a look. What does this mean?
In summary. The establishment of the Palestinian state was actually to "protect" Israel.
Until February 4, 2024.
The Gaza Strip health department said.
Since the outbreak of a new round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict on October 7, 2023.
The Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip has killed 27,365 Palestinians and injured 66,630.
In the last 24 hours.
Israeli forces launched 14 attacks on various parts of the Gaza Strip.
127 people died;
178 people were injured.
From Ukraine to Israel.
This time. The United States is even shirtless.
January 28th.
Three U.S. soldiers were killed in a drone attack on a U.S. military base in northeastern Jordan, near the Syrian border.
Subsequently. The Iraqi militia "Islamic Resistance Group" claimed responsibility for the attack.
But Biden blamed Iran for this and vowed to retaliate.
January 29th.
Iran's spokesman Kanaani issued a statement saying
Iran does not have any ** organization in the region.
As we have made clear before, the regional resistance groups are responding to the Zionist regime's war crimes and genocide on their own, in accordance with their own principles and interests, and do not follow Iran's orders".
February 2nd. U.S. ** Biden issued a statement saying.
He has instructed U.S. forces to strike "Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its affiliates" facilities in Iraq and Syria in retaliation for the deaths of three U.S. soldiers in Jordan in a drone strike last week.
The U.S. ** command issued a statement.
The U.S. military attacked more than 85 targets.
A number of aircraft, including long-range bombers taking off from the continental United States, were involved in the airstrikes.
The targets of the attacks ranged from command and control centers, intelligence centers, missile and drone warehouses, and logistics and ammunition facilities of armed groups.
February 3rd. The U.S. military, together with the British, and with the support of joint forces from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, and New Zealand, carried out attacks on 36 targets in 13 locations in Houthi-controlled areas.
The targets include multiple underground storage facilities, command and control systems, missile systems, UAV storage and operation sites, radar and ***
Senior Houthi rebels** responded.
The organization will "respond to escalation with escalation."
Hereunto. The United States has just pulled its feet out of the quagmire of Afghanistan.
Another kick into the quagmire of the Middle East.
Albeit. The Americans are busy**.
But because it's **.
Can Biden still be cowardly?
Just about. It can also be used to divert the attention of internal migrants.
At last. Let's talk a few more words.
The world is sinking.
America is on a carnival.