Omri catches the head of the UNRWA in a blatant lie about a supposed lull that nobody seems to have known about but her. And the AP is passing along her lies without so much as fact-checking them.
Palestinians in Gaza believed Israel had called a 48-hour “lull” in retaliatory attacks with Hamas when Israeli warplanes launched a massive bombardment of militant installations in the Gaza Strip, a U.N. official said Monday.
Karen Abu Zayd, commissioner of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) which helps Palestinian refugees, raised the possible violation of an informal truce in a video press conference with U.N. reporters from her base in Gaza.
Here’s what Omri caught:
“What we understood here (was) that there was a 48-hour lull to be called, and this was called by the Israelis,” Abu Zayd said. “They said they would wait 48 hours. That was on Friday morning, I believe, until Sunday morning, and that they were going to evaluate.”
“There was only one rocket that went out on Friday, so it was obvious that Hamas was trying, again, to observe that truce to get this back under control,” she said.
“Then, everything got loose on Saturday morning at 11:30 a.m. We were all at work and very much surprised by this,” Abu Zayd said.
Here’s what’s wrong with Abu Zayd’s facts: Everything. She is lying through her teeth. Hamas was not “trying, again, to observe that truce.” Hamas was firing rockets and mortars at will.
Dozens of mortar shells and Qassams have been fired at Israel since Thursday night. Several mortar shells were launched while Israel opened border crossings to allow humanitarian aid into the Strip, but all of them landed within Palestinian territory.
Heads of the Gaza vicinity communities were outraged Friday by Israel’s decision to allow 40 trucks carrying humanitarian aid to enter the Gaza Strip, despite the incessant rocket and mortar fire at the western Negev.
The AP could easily fact-check this article by looking in their own archives.
The militants kept up their fire on Israeli border areas despite Israel’s agreement to open its crossings Friday. In all, 13 rockets and mortars were fired toward Israel by Friday evening, the military said. One home was struck but no injuries were reported.
And yet, the AP is passing along Abu Zayd’s lies, uncritically.
When the UNRWA tells us that there are “at least” 64 civilian deaths, why should we believe them? They’re lying about Hamas’ intentions, they’re lying about the number of rockets fired on the day before Israel fired back, and they’re lying about this 48-hour lull that no one else seems to have heard about.
So I have to wonder: Is Karen Abu Zayd on Hamas’ payroll? Or would she be on Iran’s?
“Is Karen Abu Zayd on Hamas’ payroll?”
Sadly, the money that she gets comes mostly from the US and other countries dumb enough to bankroll the UNRWA.
I’d rather see my tax dollars go to bail out Detroit than her. Heck, I’d rather see my tax dollars go to bail out the Detroit Lions.
Why should the AP fact check her? Whatever she says is a lie, and the AP knows it already. It’s idle to fact check for lies Palestinian Arab spokescritters, all they spout is lies.