Yet ANOTHER United Nations' School Found Housing Missiles in Gaza; Outrage at UN Connection With Hamas

Teresa Neumann : Jul 23, 2014
Raphael Ahren - Times of Israel

"How many more schools will have to be abused by Hamas missile squads before the international community will intervene? How many times can it turn its head the other way and pretend that it just doesn't see?" -Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesperson Yigal Palmor

(Israel)—For the second time this week, rockets have been found in a school in Gaza operated by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). (Photo via Times of Israel)

In response, the organization wrote, "Today, in the course of the regular inspection of its premises, UNRWA discovered rockets hidden in a vacant school in the Gaza Strip. As soon as [they] were discovered, UNRWA staff were withdrawn from the premises."

The group also noted that it "strongly and unequivocally condemns the group or groups responsible for this flagrant violation of the inviolability of its premises under international law."

As reported in the Times of Israel, Israeli officials reacted furiously to the discovery.

"How many more schools will have to be abused by Hamas missile squads before the international community will intervene?" asked Foreign Ministry spokesperson Yigal Palmor. "How many times can it turn its head the other way and pretend that it just doesn't see?"

An unnamed senior Israeli official was harsher in his assessment of the situation, saying, "Against all evidence, UNRWA refuses to acknowledge reality and pathetically attempts to ingratiate itself with Hamas, pretending that nothing serious has happened. This is a classic case of 'beaten-wife syndrome' which we have been witnessing for years from UNRWA. The people of Gaza, and indeed taxpayers from countries who contribute to UNRWA's budget—including Israel—deserve better."