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UN to reduce staff in Gaza, blaming Israel for a strike that killed its employee (apnews.com)

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The United Nations said Monday it will “reduce its footprint” in the Gaza Strip after an Israeli tank strike hit one of its compounds last week, killing one staffer from Bulgaria and wounding five other employees.

Does the UN not have any power the can exert over this? They seem strangely helpless when militaries misbehave

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago

The United States of America protects Israel and all it's atrocities.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

The UN could kick Israel out. But it seems Israel runs the UN office not the other way around.