Monday, April 24, 2017
Elder of Ziyon
According to Arab media, the increased focus on that hate has led UNRWA to withhold salaries from some of their offending employees.
The UNRWA staff union released a statement today saying that UNRWA management has issued sanctions of deducting up to a full month's salary against some employees due to their use of Facebook for "national issues. "
The union's statement said that it absolutely rejects this punishment by UNRWA, denouncing "the arrogance of the Agency's management and attempt to impose its desires on the staff."
It added: "The relief agency and the laws of neutrality" would not be at the expense of Palestinian national identity and the staff that wants to express their anti-Israel views.
The Union warned that "such action would have serious consequences."
UNRWA unions are notoriously antisemitic. The Gaza teachers' union has engaged in Holocaust denial. So has the Palestinian teachers' union in Lebanon, where UNRWA dominates.
Notice that the rank and file of UNRWA staff are not only complicit in promulgating hate, but they bitterly oppose any efforts to rein it in.
It looks like the pressure from the West - and the tying of UNRWA's funding to its behavior - is having results.
Since this is the only thing that has ever prompted UNRWA to barely uphold its own standards, this means that the pressure should only be increased.
