Monday, November 04, 2024
Elder of Ziyon
The UN has lots of agencies dedicated to Palestinians besides UNRWA.
It has so many that it has a webpage to list them - 24 of them.
UNRoD's mandate is to serve as a record, in documentary form, of the damage caused to all natural and legal persons concerned as a result of the construction of the Wall by Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including in and around East Jerusalem. UNRoD is not a compensation commission, claims-resolution facility, judicial or quasi-judicial body.
For 16 years, they have been actively seeking out Palestinians to help them make claims one day against Israel for damage allegedly done by the building of the separation security barrier.
Of course, Israel itself offers compensation for any land it needed to take for the barrier, as JVL notes:
The land used in building the security fence is seized for military purposes, not confiscated, and it remains the property of the owner. Legal procedures are already in place to allow every owner to file an objection to the seizure of their land. Moreover, property owners are offered compensation for the use of their land and for any damage to their trees.
But the UN doesn't want to work with Israel - it wants to work against Israel.
As such, over some 17 years, UnRoD has gathered over 73,785 claims from Palestinians for compensation, and it is still collecting several thousand more every year.
Are they valid? Made up? The UN admits it is many thousands of claims behind in looking at them, but UNRoD doesn't claim to make a determination as to the validity of the claims.
It is merely setting up a situation for some time in the future for bankrupting whatever remains of Israel after a "peace process."
(h/t Irene)
