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Gaza hospital closes as UNRWA protests US fund cuts
Elior Levy and Reuters
Published: 29.01.18, 20:01
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1. To The "Palestinian" People
Koose E Mack ,   NY Great Satan   (01.29.18)
The solution to your problem is simple and obvious:
1)Get rid of Hamas/Fatah Mafia Leadership.
2) Stop indoctrinating your children with hatred, violence, and love of Death.
3) Recognize Israel.
4) Live peacefully and prosper after following first three steps.
2. Not a trump supporter NO MORE AID.
SHEIK RATTLE & ROLL ,   USA   (01.29.18)
I am far from a Trump supporter, however I am an opponent of giving aid to any country unless it's emergency humanitarian relief. When Obama gave Israel billions of dollars they still hated him. The Palestinians hate us even though we pump hundreds of millions of dollars into there sh*t ars territory. We can't win so our best approach would be to cut all aid and give it to the US Military.
3. Hamas
vr2000 ,   nowhere   (01.29.18)
Should build hospitals rather than make rockets.
4. Nerve of these people
Rami ,   Helsinki   (01.29.18)
They want you to pay for their hatred. Why not ask from Iran. Here is a tip, don't burn the flags of the hand that feeds you.
5. Help "Palestinians" leave Israel and go elsewhere to work
Chaim ,   Israel   (01.29.18)
A major problem with "Palestinians" is that they've long been paid huge amounts of money to do nothing but mooch and terrorize. Trump's small cut in support for the UNRWA is a step in the right direction, but we need to go much further.

It makes no sense for any sane nation to support "Palestinian" indolence and destruction, but it is particularly insane for Israel. Since Israel is the first target for "Palestinian" terror and evil.

Israel needs to stop investing in everything which contributes to "Palestinians" squatting on our land and attacking us, while investing in permanent "Palestinian" departure. The real solution is to help "Palestinians" leave Israel and relocate elsewhere to work.
6. What a fraud
Jake ,   Dallas   (01.29.18)
But even if not here is a simple solution:
Cut back on the fuel sent to keep the generators running in the tunnel digging
operations
7. Build More Rockets -
ik ,   USA   (01.29.18)
- and have even less $ for Hospitals. UNRWA was always just a free ride at USA's expense. There are probably no REAL refuges even existent now.
8. going back to their old tricks
tiki ,   belgium   (01.29.18)
Closing hospitals and let their own people die.

Than blame the 'cuts ordered by America pressured by Israel.
9. gaza is sodom and gemorah
david   (01.30.18)
ruled by evil
10. UN Audit
DG ,   New York   (01.30.18)
I think that the US should sponsor a security council resolution requiring an audit of all UN work that is being done outside its scope.

No one wants to see another human being be denied healthcare or education but I am convinced that UNRWA is absurd. The idea that the UN is running refugees camp for millions providing what are essentially government services for decades is not what the UN is supposed to be doing. Imagine if in 50 years they were running schools and hospitals for today's Syrian refugees? All services provided by UNRWA should be transferred to the local governments where the camps are located. UNRWA can be shut down by challenging the UN's authority to be providing work outside its mandate.
11. Gaza Poormouth Syndrome
David ,   Denver, USA   (01.30.18)
The poor people of Gaza! Well, the only solution I can think of is for them to suck the fumes from Abbas' new $50 million luxury jet.
12. UNRWA has Failed
Christy   (01.30.18)
If, after 70 years, the 'refugees' don't have businesses, employment, etc. they never will. Something else needs to be tried. Continuing to give money to UNRWA is less than useless. If I were one of those 'refugees' I'd be asking UNWRA why they want to keep the 'refugees' poor and depending on hand-outs.

70 years & all the money given should have yielded an outcome far different from what we are seeing. As a US taxpayer, I don't want to keep on funding UNRWA. (Look at all the refugees after WW2. Good thing UNRWA didn't handle any of them.)
13. "Dignity is Priceless" - we are about to see ...
leo ,   usa   (01.30.18)
... how much priceless is.
14. Mission Accomplished
Mark ben Josef ,   USA   (01.30.18)
Netanyahu and Trump want UNRWA and everything about it gone. So hospitals closing and food aid ending, followed by starvation and widespread disease is the start of the mission. Mission accomplished on the first step. More to follow, as intended. No Israeli government minister or Trump Republican will care, even when the dead are being stacked in the streets. Neither will Hamas.
15. never ....
steve s   (01.31.18)
We'll never know how long that hospital would have stayed open with all the money saved on tunnel construction and building rockets. Also, those same savings could have paid for fuel to generate electricity in Gaza. The Pals blame the US and Israel .......... foolish people.
16. use your eyes .......
steve s   (01.31.18)
The protest pics from Gaza all show healthy men, women, and children in clean clothes. Hamas refuses to reconstruct certain area of Gaza for propaganda opportunities. The bleeding-heart western world is duped by Hamas media propaganda ............... stop being suckers. Gaza is a paradise compared to the horrors of Yemen, Sudan, Somalia, and Syria.
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