Tag Archive for OCHA

OCHA revises Gaza death toll, almost 50% less than used by Biden, UN, media

The number President Biden used in his State of the Union speech, and afterwards, was parroted from Hamas’ Health Ministry death-toll-data, was about double the amount of women & children actually killed.

By Ruth Marks

 

JERUSALEM – In a dramatic shift, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has revised its data pertaining to the number of Palestinian casualties in the seven-month-old Gaza war, reducing almost by half the number of women and children it previously said were killed in the hostilities between Israel and the Iranian-backed terror group Hamas.

According to an infographic published in OCHA’s daily report on May 6, the number of women killed in the fighting was said to be 9,500, while the organization, which admits to relying on figures from the Hamas-run Ministry of Health in Gaza, claimed that 14,500 children had been killed since the war began on Oct. Continue Reading »

Draped as ‘coronavirus aid’, UN funds Palestinian terror-linked groups

REPORT: NGO Monitor found that the UN & World Health Organization facilitated millions of dollars of emergency COVID-19 funding from Canada, the EU, France, Germany, Ireland, Norway, Sweden and the UK to Palestinian organizations with links to terrorism.

By LAHAV HARKOV

 

Millions of dollars of international funding for the Palestinians’ coronavirus emergency response, coordinated by the World Health Organization and UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) have gone to organizations with links to terrorism, a new report by NGO Monitor found.

The research institution focused on the funding of non-governmental organizations found that several of the groups funded by OCHA and the WHO are tied to the People’s Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), which is recognized as a terrorist organization in Israel, the EU, US and Canada, and had staff members arrested and indicted late last year for the murder of 17-year-old Israeli Rina Schnerb. Continue Reading »

OCHA reports on International teams to Nepal

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs’ report confirms Israel sends the largest emergency medical team to Nepal.

By the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

 

Many Member States are offering support to the Nepal Earthquake response. Below is a snapshot of some of the operational and in-kind support provided based on initial information received, reflecting part of the tremendous effort of the entire international community in support of the Government and people of Nepal

 

Nepal Earthquake: Foreign Medical Personnel Snapshot (as of 30 April 2015)

 

Israel, far from being the first to arrive or the largest contingency sent, the IDF sent to Nepal the largest medical team.

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UN REPORT: Israel doing utmost to prevent civilian casualties in Gaza

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs’ report confirms that Jerusalem is doing everything it can to prevent civilian casualties in Gaza, while Hamas gov’t in Gaza does the opposite.

By Ryan Jones

 

A United Nations report has confirmed that Israel is doing its utmost to avoid collateral damage in the Gaza Strip while fighting an enemy that uses its civilian population as a human shield.

IAF strike on Gaza - Photo: EPA

IAF strike on Gaza – Photo: EPA

The situation report published by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) notes that while Israel has carried out over 900 strikes against Gaza, the majority of civilian casualties resulted from the specific targeting of a few dozens homes either belonging to senior Hamas terrorists, or which were used by the group to hide missiles and other weapons. Continue Reading »

Boycott Israel event in Jerusalem funded by UK & promoted by UN employes

British MP: “It’s a fringe campaign that is…anti-peace, the government shouldn’t be directly or indirectly funding this movement.’

Member of the European Parliament: “It’s equally unacceptable a UN official should be promoting this event through his official email address,”

By JONNY PAUL, BENJAMIN WEINTHAL JERUSALEM POST

 

 

LONDON/BERLIN – A British-funded institute in Jerusalem has come under fire for hosting an event supporting the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign against Israel (BDS), along with a UN staff member who circulated its details in an official email to co-workers.

A sign in Sweden calls for Israel boycotts.

A sign in Sweden calls for Israel boycotts. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

In March, the Kenyon Institute, also known as the British School of Archaeology, hosted an event titled “The emergence of the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement” – a campaign led by radical anti-Israel activists also known as BDS – at its East Jerusalem headquarters.

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UN: Settlers taking over Palestinian-owned springs

Report claims intimidation, violence being used to limit Palestinian access to W. Bank springs; IDF rejects claims.

 

Ein Hagvura natural spring in the West Bank - Photo by Sharon Udasin

Ein Hagvura natural spring in the West Bank - Photo by Sharon Udasin

Amid the sprawling olive groves that surround Ein Al Ariq – or Ein HaGvura – outside of Nablus, Jamal Daraghmeh recalled the days of the 1970s, when he and fellow community members used to come to the basin to collect water for their village drinking needs and livestock.

“We [now] have access only after coordination for the olive harvest, once a year,” Daraghmeh, the mayor of nearby village al Luban al Sharqiya, told reporters during a United Nations field tour of the area last week. Continue Reading »