UNRWA chief says he did not know a suspended teacher was Hamas’s leader in Lebanon

https://www.timesofisrael.com/unrwa-chief-says-he-did-not-know-suspended-employee-was-hamass-leader-in-lebanon/

12 Comments

  1. walrus_operator on

    > “The specific allegation at the time was that [he was] a part of the local leadership… I never heard the word commander before,” he said. “What’s obvious for you today, was not obvious yesterday.”

    Such cluelessness is criminal… No wonder terrorists have infiltrated this organization…

  2. Common theme with Mr. Lazzarini. Hillel Nauer of UN Watch has been addressing the UN for months about Al Sharif, as recently as _two days ago_ and lengthily addressing the body on [August 15th](https://x.com/hillelneuer/status/1840923079058272309?s=46). He even tried to hand the dossier over in July but was dismissed.

    Lazarrini pulled the same shit about the the Hamas servers on UN property in February, even though Israel’s COGAT invited them to inspect and UN Watch had been banging that drum for years.

    Absurdity.

  3. It would make sense that terrorist organizations would embed into any legitimate organizations they can.

  4. >”He was suspended from his job at UNRWA in March following allegations concerning his politics, Philippe Lazzarini told reporters in Geneva”

    This doesn’t seem incredibly scandalous, once the organisation was informed of the extent of his politics they acted to stand him down.

    Like when you get these orgs running areas it gets difficult to find people without affiliation. Which can lead to making errors but if any sort of affiliation to Hamas is considered unacceptable then you’re going to struggle to get anyone from Gaza working for you, which makes the job UNRWA has more difficult.

  5. i_should_be_coding on

    How many times is this guy going to go in front of cameras and say he had no idea what was going on?

  6. C_King_Justice on

    Notice that all the Palestinian NGO leaders and spokespeople are European and Scandinavian. Why is that? Could it be that they’re more likely to be believed in the West than a gun toting terrorist in a kaffiyeh? They are just highly-paid stooges, without an once of credibility.