Though it caused a minimal number of direct casualties, the Israeli attack on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) made headlines across the world and sparked a litany of public condemnations, not the least of which because UNRWA spokesman Chris Gunness...
Israel Attacks UN HQ in Gaza With ‘White Phosphorus’ Shells
The headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in the Gaza Strip was attacked today by Israeli artillery, sparking a fire which continues to burn. The compound was reportedly housing 700 civilian refugees and storehouses of increasingly scarce...
State Dept Urges Olmert to ‘Clarify’ UN Vote Claims
Yesterday's claims by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert that he single-handedly prevented the United States from voting for the United Nations Security Council ceasefire in the Gaza Strip with a single phone call have certainly gained a lot of attention, but not the...
Olmert Brags About Embarrassing Rice in UN Gaza Vote
Taking a short break from lashing out at the international media for reporting the growing civilian death toll in the Gaza Strip, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert spoke in detail about the events leading up to the US abstention from the United Nations Security...
Israeli Ambassador Claims Hamas Has Taken Over UN Aid Agency
In an interview with the Austrian weekly "Profil," Israeli Ambassador to Austria and Slovenia Dan Ashbel declared that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) "has been taken over by Hamas and is being used as a weapon against its own people." The UNRWA is...
UN Ceasefire Bid Weakened by US Abstention
The United Nations Security Council's bid to halt the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip with a non-binding resolution calling for a durable ceasefire never had much momentum behind it, but as French and British diplomats scrambled to get the deal together amid repeated...
Israel’s Re-Revised Story: Attack on UN School was a Malfunction
Among the most significant stories in the past week of Israel's attacks on the Gaza Strip was the attack on a United Nations girls' school in the refugee camp of Jabalya. Though it was clearly marked by the United Nations and the coordinates were given to the IDF when...
Israel Rejects UN Ceasefire
Unlike the two previous attempts at a UN Security Council resolution calling for the end to the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip, last night's was non-binding. Likewise, unlike the previous two, the United States allowed this one to pass (though they themselves abstained...
UN Security Council Approves Watered-Down Gaza Ceasefire Resolution
After Israel's last minute attempts to force another delay in the vote failed, the United Nations Security Council finally managed to pass a Gaza Strip ceasefire resolution with a 14-0 vote. The United States abstained from voting on the resolution. The resolution...
Israeli Troops Kill UN Aid Truck Driver
Shortly before Israel was scheduled to start another three hour humanitarian pause in its now nearly two week long attack on the Gaza Strip, an Israeli tank attacked a United Nations aid truck at the Erez border crossing, killing the driver and seriously wounding...