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\"\"<\/a>DOJ Says UNRWA Can Be Sued In American Court<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

Hugh Fitzgerald<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Lawfare may now be about to have its finest hour. For UNRWA could face a potential loss of one billion dollars in a lawsuit brought against it by relatives of people murdered by Hamas, the terror group with which some UNRWA staff, we know now, had such close ties, while the organization itself permitted its facilities in Gaza to be used as command-and-control centers, and as places to hide both combatants and weapons. Several hundred staff members of UNRWA were discovered by the IDF, from documents it seized in Gaza, to be full-fledged Hamas members; dozens of UNRWA staff accompanied the 6,000 Hamas operatives who smashed into Israel on October 7, 2023, and they participated in the atrocities committed that day, of rape, torture, mutilation, and murder. UNRWA allowed Hamas to build its tunnels right under its buildings, including its main Gaza headquarters; it knew about the Hamas tunnel network, but revealed nothing to the IDF.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now that lawsuit may proceed, because the US DOJ has rejected UNRWA\u2019s claim to be immune from lawsuits in the U.S. The immunity from such a suit extends to the UN and its \u201csubsidiary organs,\u201d but according to the DOJ, does not extend to UNRWA, which is classified as a mere \u201caffiliate or instrumentality\u201d of the UN. Having had UNRWA\u2019s claim to immunity from suit in American courts dismissed, the plaintiffs can now proceed with their lawsuit. More on this threshold victory, one with such potentially damaging consequences for UNRWA, can be found here: \u201cDOJ strips UNRWA of immunity, clears way for lawsuit over Oct. 7 attack,\u201d\u00a0Jerusalem Post<\/a>, April\u00a025, 2025:<\/span><\/p>\n

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The US Department of Justice submitted a letter on Thursday [April 24] arguing that the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is not entitled to immunity from lawsuits in the United States.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This filing is part of an ongoing case in which the families of over 100 victims of the October 7, 2023 Hamas-led attack are seeking $1 billion in damages, alleging that UNRWA supported Hamas by allowing its facilities to be used for weapons storage, the construction of tunnels and command centers, and the transfer of funds to the group through employee payments in US dollars.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The lawsuit, filed last June in the Southern District of New York, accuses UNRWA, which coordinates much of the aid to Gaza, of enabling Hamas\u2019s operations. The plaintiffs argue that the agency\u2019s activities played a direct role in facilitating the October 7 attacks.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Previously, in September, the Department of Justice under the Biden administration had contended that UNRWA was immune from prosecution in US courts, citing that the UN itself had not waived immunity. This stance blocked the lawsuit from advancing\u2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Quite something, isn\u2019t it, that the Biden administration took the side of Hamas\u2019 loyal helpmeet in Gaza, UNRWA, arguing that it was immune from being sued in an American court. Why were the Bidenites so determined to block the lawsuit by relatives of those whom Hamas had murdered? What can conceivably explain such sympathy for the devil? Was the anti-Israel animus of Biden\u2019s appointees that profound?<\/span><\/p>\n

Dozens of UNRWA staff members took part in Hamas\u2019 atrocities committed inside Israel on October 7, 2023. Hundreds of UNRWA staff have been discovered to be members of Hamas. UNRWA collaborated with Hamas in providing the use of its buildings, especially its schools, as places to hide both men and weapons and from which to launch rockets at Israel. UNRWA did nothing to prevent Hamas from building tunnels under its buildings, including a massive tunnel dug right under UNRWA\u2019s Gaza headquarters, with UNRWA\u2019s full knowledge. At no time did UNRWA cooperate with the IDF in pointing out buildings that Hamas was using; nor did it help the IDF locate tunnels. UNRWA was fully committed to protecting Hamas from the IDF.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now that UNRWA\u2019s claim to enjoy immunity to lawsuit in American courts has been denied, the case can now proceed. May it end in UNRWA losing and left penniless. That most public loss should raise in the minds of many a question: why, alone among the hundreds of millions of refugees created since World War II, are the \u201cPalestinian refugees\u201d uniquely allowed to pass on their status as an inherited trait, to their children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and so on ad nauseam? Isn\u2019t it time to end this privileged treatment of the \u201cPalestinians,\u201d and make them subject to the same rules as very other group of refugees? And no matter what the final verdict, the trial itself will be a public relations nightmare for the organization, as its many ties to Hamas are laid bare and held up for public inspection. UNRWA is about to enter a well-deserved world of woe.
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A torn UNRWA logo is seen among destruction in Rafah, in southern Gaza, January 22, 2025 \/ \u00a9 (photo credit: ABED RAHIM KHATIB\/FLASH90)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

By\u0107 mo\u017ce teraz, zbli\u017ca si\u0119 najlepszy moment w wojnie prawnej. UNRWA, pozwana \u00a0przez krewnych ludzi zamordowanych przez Hamas mo\u017ce ponie\u015b\u0107 potencjaln\u0105 strat\u0119 w wysoko\u015bci miliarda dolar\u00f3w. Bowiem Hamas, grupa terrorystyczna, mia\u0142 bliskie powi\u0105zania z pracownikami UNRWA, a jak wiemy teraz, z niekt\u00f3rymi bardzo bliskie, sama za\u015b organizacja zezwala\u0142a na wykorzystywanie swoich obiekt\u00f3w w Gazie jako centr\u00f3w dowodzenia i kontroli oraz jako miejsc do ukrywania zar\u00f3wno terroryst\u00f3w, jak i broni. IDF odkry\u0142a na podstawie dokument\u00f3w przej\u0119tych w Gazie, \u017ce kilkuset pracownik\u00f3w UNRWA, by\u0142o pe\u0142noprawnymi cz\u0142onkami Hamasu; dziesi\u0105tki pracownik\u00f3w UNRWA towarzyszy\u0142o 6000 terroryst\u00f3w Hamasu, kt\u00f3rzy 7 pa\u017adziernika 2023 r. wdarli si\u0119 do Izraela i uczestniczyli w okrucie\u0144stwach pope\u0142nionych tego dnia, gwa\u0142tach, torturach, okaleczeniach i morderstwach. UNRWA pozwoli\u0142a Hamasowi budowa\u0107 tunele tu\u017c pod swoimi budynkami, w tym pod g\u0142\u00f3wn\u0105 siedzib\u0105 w Gazie; wiedzia\u0142a o sieci tuneli Hamasu, ale nic z tego nie ujawni\u0142a.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Teraz mo\u017cna kontynuowa\u0107 ten pozew, poniewa\u017c ameryka\u0144ski Departament Sprawiedliwo\u015bci odrzuci\u0142 twierdzenie UNRWA, \u017ce przed pozwami w USA chroni j\u0105 immunitet. Immunitet przed takimi pozwami chroni ONZ i jej \u201eorgany pomocnicze\u201d, ale wed\u0142ug Departamentu Sprawiedliwo\u015bci nie rozci\u0105ga si\u0119 na UNRWA, kt\u00f3ra jest klasyfikowana jako zaledwie \u201epodmiot stowarzyszony lub narz\u0119dzie\u201d ONZ. Po uchyleniu twierdzenia UNRWA o immunitecie przed pozwami w s\u0105dach ameryka\u0144skich, sk\u0142adaj\u0105cy pozew mog\u0105 go teraz kontynuowa\u0107. Wi\u0119cej na temat tego prze\u0142omowego zwyci\u0119stwa, maj\u0105cego tak potencjalnie daleko id\u0105ce konsekwencje dla UNRWA, mo\u017cna znale\u017a\u0107 tutaj:\u00a0DOJ strips UNRWA of immunity, clears way for lawsuit over Oct. 7 attack<\/em>\u00a0[Departament Sprawiedliwo\u015bci pozbawia UNRWA immunitetu, otwiera drog\u0119 do pozwu o atak z 7 pa\u017adziernika],\u00a0Jerusalem Post<\/a>, 25 kwietnia 2025 r.:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Departament Sprawiedliwo\u015bci USA przes\u0142a\u0142 w czwartek [24 kwietnia] pismo, w kt\u00f3rym twierdzi, \u017ce Agencja Narod\u00f3w Zjednoczonych ds. Pomocy Uchod\u017acom Palesty\u0144skim na Bliskim Wschodzie (UNRWA) nie jest uprawniona do immunitetu przed pozwami w Stanach Zjednoczonych.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wniosek ten jest cz\u0119\u015bci\u0105 trwaj\u0105cej sprawy, w kt\u00f3rej rodziny ponad 100 ofiar ataku przeprowadzonego przez Hamas 7 pa\u017adziernika 2023 r. domagaj\u0105 si\u0119 odszkodowania w wysoko\u015bci 1 miliarda dolar\u00f3w, zarzucaj\u0105c UNRWA wspieranie Hamasu poprzez zezwalanie na wykorzystywanie jego obiekt\u00f3w do przechowywania broni, budow\u0119 tuneli i centr\u00f3w dowodzenia oraz przekazywanie \u015brodk\u00f3w grupie za po\u015brednictwem wyp\u0142at dla pracownik\u00f3w w dolarach ameryka\u0144skich.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pozew, z\u0142o\u017cony w czerwcu ubieg\u0142ego roku w Southern District of New York, oskar\u017ca UNRWA, kt\u00f3ra koordynuje znaczn\u0105 cz\u0119\u015b\u0107 pomocy dla Gazy, o umo\u017cliwienie dzia\u0142a\u0144 Hamasu. Powodowie twierdz\u0105, \u017ce dzia\u0142ania agencji odegra\u0142y bezpo\u015bredni\u0105 rol\u0119 w umo\u017cliwieniu atak\u00f3w z 7 pa\u017adziernika.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wcze\u015bniej, we wrze\u015bniu, Departament Sprawiedliwo\u015bci pod rz\u0105dami Bidena twierdzi\u0142, \u017ce UNRWA posiada immunitet przed \u015bciganiem w s\u0105dach USA, powo\u0142uj\u0105c si\u0119 na fakt, \u017ce sama ONZ nie zrzek\u0142a si\u0119 immunitetu. To stanowisko zablokowa\u0142o dalszy tok post\u0119powania s\u0105dowego\u2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Co\u015b niesamowitego, prawda, \u017ce administracja Bidena stan\u0119\u0142a po stronie lojalnej pomocnicy Hamasu w Gazie, UNRWA, argumentuj\u0105c, \u017ce posiada ona immunitet przed pozwem w ameryka\u0144skim s\u0105dzie. Dlaczego administracja Bidena z tak\u0105 determinacj\u0105 blokowa\u0142a pozew krewnych ludzi zamordowanych przez Hamas? Co mo\u017ce wyja\u015bni\u0107 tak\u0105 sympati\u0119 do samego diab\u0142a? Czy niech\u0119\u0107 do Izraela ludzi nominowanych przez Bidena by\u0142a a\u017c tak g\u0142\u0119boka?<\/span><\/p>\n

Dziesi\u0105tki pracownik\u00f3w UNRWA bra\u0142o udzia\u0142 w okrucie\u0144stwach Hamasu pope\u0142nionych w Izraelu 7 pa\u017adziernika 2023 r. Odkryto, \u017ce setki pracownik\u00f3w UNRWA s\u0105 cz\u0142onkami Hamasu. UNRWA wsp\u00f3\u0142pracowa\u0142a z Hamasem, udost\u0119pniaj\u0105c swoje budynki, zw\u0142aszcza szko\u0142y, jako miejsca do ukrywania ludzi i broni oraz do wystrzeliwania rakiet w kierunku Izraela. UNRWA nie zrobi\u0142a nic, aby zapobiec budowaniu przez Hamas tuneli pod swoimi budynkami, w tym ogromnego tunelu wykopanego tu\u017c pod siedzib\u0105 UNRWA w Gazie, za pe\u0142n\u0105 wiedz\u0105 UNRWA. W \u017cadnym momencie UNRWA nie wsp\u00f3\u0142pracowa\u0142a z IDF w celu wskazania budynk\u00f3w, z kt\u00f3rych korzysta\u0142 Hamas; nie pomog\u0142a te\u017c IDF w zlokalizowaniu tuneli. UNRWA by\u0142a w pe\u0142ni zaanga\u017cowana w ochron\u0119 Hamasu przed IDF.<\/span><\/p>\n

Teraz, gdy roszczenie UNRWA do immunitetu przed pozwami w ameryka\u0144skich s\u0105dach zosta\u0142o odrzucone, spraw\u0119 mo\u017cna kontynuowa\u0107. Oby sko\u0144czy\u0142o si\u0119 przegran\u0105 UNRWA i pozostawieniem jej bez grosza. Ta publiczna przegrana UNRWA powinna wywo\u0142a\u0107 w umys\u0142ach wielu ludzi pytanie: dlaczego, jako jedyni spo\u015br\u00f3d setek milion\u00f3w uchod\u017ac\u00f3w uciekaj\u0105cych od wojen od czasu II wojny \u015bwiatowej, \u201epalesty\u0144scy uchod\u017acy\u201d maj\u0105 wyj\u0105tkowe prawo do przekazywania swojego statusu jako odziedziczonej cechy swoim dzieciom, wnukom, prawnukom itd. a\u017c\u00a0ad nauseam<\/em>? Czy nie nadszed\u0142 czas, aby zako\u0144czy\u0107 to uprzywilejowane traktowanie \u201ePalesty\u0144czyk\u00f3w\u201d i podda\u0107 ich tym samym zasadom, co inne grupy uchod\u017ac\u00f3w? I bez wzgl\u0119du na ostateczny werdykt, sam proces b\u0119dzie koszmarem public relations dla organizacji, poniewa\u017c obna\u017cy i wystawi na publiczny widok jej liczne powi\u0105zania z Hamasem. UNRWA stoi w obliczu zas\u0142u\u017conej katastrofy.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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