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Belgian officials expressed outrage Thursday after Israeli forces reportedly bombed the office building of the Belgian Agency for Development Cooperation in the Gaza Strip, an attack that came after Belgium declined to join the U.S. and more than a dozen other countries in cutting off funding to the United Nations' Palestinian refugee agency.

The timing of the attack on the Belgian office building raised eyebrows, with observers pointing to the nation's status as one of the handful of Western countries not suspending aid to the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in response to Israel's allegation that a dozen of the agency's employees took part in the October 7 attacks.

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[-] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 54 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

"UN Watch" is an israeli propaganda think-tank that is known for making up and repeating lies about the entire UN being anti-semitic.

You don't have to hide their propaganda in a white-house link. Pretty sad state of affairs that the US covers their material in meetings.

For anyone curious just go to their front page. Whatever is on it today will prove my point https://unwatch.org/

[-] Wrench@lemmy.world 20 points 9 months ago

Whatever is on it today will prove my point https://unwatch.org/

Challenge accepted.

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Oof. Yep. Blatant propaganda.

[-] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

It gets funnier the further you scroll down. With quotes like

Petition: Terminate the U.N.'s ANTI-ISRAEL Commission of Inquiry

The U.N.’s new Commission of Inquiry against Israel, initiated by Pakistan and the PLO, is a travesty of justice. Despite U.N. rules requiring impartiality, each of three commissioners has a record of extreme anti-Israel positions. One of them was even condemned worldwide for making antisemitic remarks. It’s time to end the U.N.’s perpetual inquisition against the Jewish state

And their use of factual news sources such as

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