"This is a direct result of the impunity Washington has provided Israel," said one analyst.

Belgian officials expressed outrage Thursday after Israeli forces reportedly bombed the office building of the Belgian Agency for Development Cooperation in the Gaza Strip, an attack that came after Belgium declined to join the U.S. and more than a dozen other countries in cutting off funding to the United Nations’ Palestinian refugee agency.

The timing of the attack on the Belgian office building raised eyebrows, with observers pointing to the nation’s status as one of the handful of Western countries not suspending aid to the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in response to Israel’s allegation that a dozen of the agency’s employees took part in the October 7 attacks.

  • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    1059·
    1 year ago

    Belgium decided to continue funding UNRWA on 31 January. It seems israel bombed Belguim’s building in Gaza overnight/the morning after.

    These types of spiteful bullying acts for petty reasons perfectly represent israel’s policy over the years.

    • jordanlund@lemmy.worldMEnglish
      301·
      1 year ago

      The US did the same thing during the whole “Freedom Fries” BS.

      We were running a bombing run on Iraq, France denied us use of their airspace so we flew ALL THE WAY around France, ran the attack and “accidentally” bombed the French embassy in Iraq.

      Oopsie.

      Joke at the time was “Maybe our pilots would have had better aim if they had had a little more sleep!”

      • ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        The U.S. bombed the Chinese embassy in Serbia during the Kosovo War. I’m not sure if there was a direct reason but I remember there being a spy thing. Like a Chinese spy accessed some sensitive documents or something like that.

      • where_am_i@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        77·
        1 year ago

        Fvck your US of A$$, and fvck Israel. Just so we’re clear.

        But now US support of this mayhem makes more sense.

          • OneOrTheOtherDontAskMe@lemmy.worldEnglish
            20·
            1 year ago

            You never responded to any of the points called out in the article you linked. You can’t post something, and be mad when no one “believes your truth”. If you do, you’re not asking to change people’s minds, you just want to shout into the void too.

          • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
            435·
            1 year ago

            “UN Watch” is an israeli propaganda think-tank that is known for making up and repeating lies about the entire UN being anti-semitic.

            You don’t have to hide their propaganda in a white-house link. Pretty sad state of affairs that the US covers their material in meetings.

            For anyone curious just go to their front page. Whatever is on it today will prove my point https://unwatch.org/

              • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
                101·
                1 year ago

                It gets funnier the further you scroll down. With quotes like

                Petition: Terminate the U.N.'s ANTI-ISRAEL Commission of Inquiry

                The U.N.’s new Commission of Inquiry against Israel, initiated by Pakistan and the PLO, is a travesty of justice. Despite U.N. rules requiring impartiality, each of three commissioners has a record of extreme anti-Israel positions. One of them was even condemned worldwide for making antisemitic remarks. It’s time to end the U.N.’s perpetual inquisition against the Jewish state

                And their use of factual news sources such as