Israel/Palestine
In reply to the discussion: Israel’s showdown with the UN over immunity for Gazan engineer [View all]branford
(4,462 posts)It's a simple fact that in order to operate in areas under control of terrorists, warlords and other undesirables, aid agencies often have to look the other way about theft, extortion and other crimes and other malfeasance, or even directly pay bribes or protection money. This is generally not openly discussed as the people of the host and donor nations, as opposed to their governments, would be irate.
Also keep in mind that in places like Gaza, much of the UN aid staff is local (like the accused) and quite sympathetic and supportive of Hamas. That's precisely how the rockets ended up in various UN properties during the last war.
However, next time you complain that an IDF investigation cannot be trusted because of self-interest, I'll be sure to remind you about your faith in UN investigations about its own problems (and remind you of other instances such as when it took a whistleblower who was seriously retaliated against to expose child sex abuse by UN staff).
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