Also some words on Musk’s Sayonara
By Roger L Simon
You don’t have to look too far below the surface to see how the United Nations, primarily through its branch UNRWA but also en masse, has been—and unfortunately still is— a major enabler of the Gaza War.
The war might not have started and certainly wouldn’t have lasted as long without Hamas having been aided and abetted by the international organization that has an anti-Israel obsession. UN Watch reported last December “UN Condemns Israel 17 Times, Rest of World Combined 6 Times”. (Do I have to go over the many countries were starvation is rampant from Somalia to Congo to—ironically—Yemen that the UN almost completely ignores?)_ A reasonable person could classify this pervasive anti-Israel bias as a mass psychological illness, if not outright evil.
The accusation of evil might seem excessive, but much of the death and destruction in Gaza can be laid at the feet of the supposedly peaceful UN.
Their nefarious role in the Gaza War has been illuminated recently as the US and Israel, through the offices of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), are currently changing the method of food distribution in Gaza that was formerly monopolized by Hamas. A fair amount of predictable mayhem has ensued inthe form of food stampedes, but basically the terms of feeding Gaza have been altered for the better. (These stampedes are going both ways, with Gazan mobs having broken into Hamas’ storage warehouses as well.)
This is a tremendous blow to Hamas because they have used food distribution to maintain iron control of the Strip while profiting from their monopoly financially as to power their war machine, acquiring weapons, paying their terror troops and so forth. Anyone who disobeyed faced brutal consequences.
Amit Segal in his timely daily reports underscores the importance of what is happening.
“… [W]hy was yesterday so significant? Well, Hamas warned Gazans to stay away from the aid distribution complex. Nevertheless, they ignored Hamas’ warnings, with many Gazans trampling their way through a Hamas checkpoint that tried to prevent the food’s distribution.
“In other words, despite Hamas’ threats, a mass influx of aid is coming into Gaza that Hamas does not benefit from. Not only did Palestinians openly defy Hamas in order to receive these packages, but for the first time in nearly 20 years, Gazans are receiving their sustenance without having to rely on the terror group.
“If this continues—and if the level of such aid increases—Hamas’ rule will be in jeopardy.”
Good news, no, not only for Gazans but for all those who seek peace after 600 days of unrelenting violence. Who could oppose it?
Well, not surprisingly, our friends at the United Nations. Seemingly irate about this intrusion into their province, they have accused the new approach and those involved of not being “impartial” and of “weaponizing” food distribution.
Bu it couldn’t be more obvious these are the very things they—the UN themselves— have consistently aided Hamas in doing. It would be laughable fodder for the Babylon Bee were it not so disgusting in its extreme disregard for reality. This is hypocrisy taken to the nth power.
This is the same UN whose “humanitarian chief” as recently as a week ago accused Israel of imminently murdering 14,000 infants. From JNS:
“The United Nations and the BBC on Wednesday corrected a dramatic claim that 14,000 infants in the Gaza Strip faced death within 48 hours, clarifying that the figure actually refers to children at risk of severe malnutrition over the course of a full year.
“U.N. humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher made the claim on BBC Radio 4‘s “Today” program, saying: ‘There are 14,000 babies that will die in the next 48 hours unless we can reach them.’ The comment was quickly picked up by national media outlets, cited in U.K. parliamentary debates and referenced in international diplomatic discussions.”
This is evil propaganda that not even Hamas itself could duplicate.
By now the role of UNRWA in aiding Hamas in so many ways, including helping hide their munitions, missiles and launchers, command and control centers and so forth under hospitals and schools—all against international law— has been detailed ad infinitum.
With friends like the UN, who needs Al Jazeera?
And it doesn’t stop with UNRWA. Corruption is everywhere in the UN, a prominent example being the Oil-for-Food Programme that turned the Iraq War into a money machine for sleazy international bureaucrats. It’s almost as if the organization were set up for profiteering outside of legal jurisdiction. And who can forget how the UN’s World Health Organization tilted toward protecting China during COVID-19, therefore playing a large role in the global shutdown whose horrifying results are being questioned everywhere?
As a kid, when I would drive by the UN or visit with my father who then occasionally worked for WHO, I would look on its buildings with awe. Now I see it as evil on the East River. I know I am not alone in this.
What is to be done? Can it be resurrected?
In the short run, I doubt it. In many ways it is worse even than its short-lived predecessor, the League of Nations.
Maybe some day humanity will be able to countenance a genuine international organization without the endless corruption, manipulation and bias. But those days seem to be far off.
For now, we should save our money. And as for those magnificent buildings on the East River, such priceless real estate must have better uses.
MUSK’S SAYONARA
As I was finishing this article, it appeared on Newsmax that Elon Musk has made his formal goodbye to the administration. It was no surprise and had been promised, but nevertheless was disappointing. The mainstream media hated him with a passion and convinced the gullible Democratic Party rank-and-file to do the same although they had once adored him.
Part of this was that apostate thing, but part I submit was jealousy since Musk is not just richer but ten times smarter and more original than the drudges that make up our MSM. I cannot think of one of them that is even close to the original thinker that Musk is in spades. One of the great tragedies of our government is that such people don’t normally want to be part of it. It’s hard to blame them.
Musk came to Washington to battle the Deep State. Many of us loved him for it, but unfortunately he didn’t have much long run impact. at least so it appears. This wasn’t so much his fault. It is the fault of our system that Donald Trump is trying to upend. The extent he will be able to do this, also for the long run, is yet to be known. But I still wish he had Elon by his side.
Finally, as we move inexorably into the era of AI, no politician I can think of truly has the intellectual avoirdupois to understand what’s happening. Musk does. He’s needed.
First published in American Refugees
