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<\/a>Neuer: How Hamas Controls UNRWA From Within<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\nPelle Zackrisson<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n In an exclusive interview with Bulletin, UN Watch chief Hillel Neuer reveals how the Muslim terrorist organization Hamas has taken over the UN agency UNRWA, thanks Sweden for cutting funding, and dismisses Social Democrat ally Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as a peace partner.<\/strong><\/p>\n A Hamas terror chief was in charge of 2,000 UNRWA teachers. Norway\u2019s current foreign ministry official Leni Stenseth traveled to Gaza to apologize to the now-deceased terror leader Yahya Sinwar. And 90 percent of Hamas terrorists who participated in the October 7 massacre were educated in UNRWA schools.<\/span><\/p>\n These revelations come from an interview with Hillel Neuer, executive director of the watchdog organization UN Watch. Neuer had strong ties to Sweden through his friend Per Ahlmark, former leader of the Liberal Party who died in 2018. Ahlmark served as European co-chair of UN Watch for 20 years, and the organization annually awards the Per Ahlmark Award for moral courage.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201dPer was my friend. I went to Stockholm for his 70th birthday celebration and he used to fly to Geneva for our events. Each year we give out the Per Ahlmark Award to people who have moral courage,\u201d Neuer said.<\/span><\/p>\n He praised the Swedish government\u2019s decision to stop funding UNRWA.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201dI want to commend the Swedish government. My understanding is that in December the government announced they would no longer give money to UNRWA but instead increase aid to Palestinians through other agencies. That was the right decision,\u201d Neuer said.<\/span><\/p>\n Neuer described how Hamas has infiltrated UNRWA, the UN\u2019s special refugee agency for Palestinians, which Sweden has funded with billions over the years.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201dFathi Sharif was Hamas leader in Lebanon, UNRWA teacher, principal and head of 2,000 teachers. When Israel eliminated him last year, Hamas announced that their leader had been killed. It wasn\u2019t like Sharif was hiding [his Hamas membership] \u2014 he had pictures with Hamas leaders all over his Facebook,\u201d Neuer said.<\/span><\/p>\n Sweden has been one of UNRWA\u2019s largest donors for decades. Is there any separation between UNRWA and Hamas in Gaza?<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201dIn Gaza they\u2019ve taken over completely. They control the staff union with 13,000 employees. The head of UNRWA\u2019s union sits on Hamas\u2019s political bureau. He\u2019s one of the few who survived \u2014 over half of the political bureau has been eliminated by Israel. He fled to Turkey a few years ago.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201dUNRWA\u2019s own legal advisor said that 90 percent of Gazans are alumni of UNRWA schools. That means 90 percent of the barbaric murderers who raped and murdered on October 7 [attended] UNRWA schools,\u201d Neuer said.<\/span><\/p>\n UN Watch has documented UNRWA\u2019s indoctrination of Palestinian children for decades. What does it look like?<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201dWe\u2019re releasing a report next month showing that UNRWA\u2019s education system is completely infiltrated by Hamas. We\u2019ve interviewed children who say they learned to kill Jews. They all want to become Hamas fighters. The message in schools is that Gaza is not your home \u2014 your home is there, and they point to Israel. They call it the \u2019right of return\u2019 but it means October 7.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n One example of how Western countries submit to terrorists, according to Neuer, is when Leni Stenseth, then UNRWA\u2019s deputy chief and now an official in Norway\u2019s foreign ministry, traveled to Gaza to apologize to Yahya Sinwar \u2014 the architect of the October 7 massacre.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201dAn UNRWA official admitted on Israeli TV that IDF strikes were precise. Hamas kicked him out, he was no longer welcome in Gaza. Stenseth drove from Amman to Gaza, met Sinwar and apologized for the official\u2019s \u2019indefensible\u2019 statements. She now leads Norway\u2019s foreign ministry and campaigns for UNRWA,\u201d Neuer said.<\/span><\/p>\n UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini reportedly met with terror groups in Beirut last May and reached an agreement allowing Hamas to maintain control over UNRWA schools, according to UN Watch.<\/span><\/p>\n Sweden\u2019s Social Democrats and the left are pushing for Sweden to resume funding. What do you say to them?<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201dThey have to answer to the evidence. We have hundreds of pages of documentation on our website with screenshots of UNRWA teachers praising jihad terrorism. If they care about Palestinian children, why do they let Hamas terrorists be their teachers and principals for decades?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201dThe best thing you can say about Fatah is that they\u2019re not Hamas. But there\u2019s not much more to say than that. Abbas is in his twentieth year of his four-year term. He\u2019s a dictator who tortures those who dare to oppose him. He denies the Holocaust and says the Jews deserved it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Abbas\u2019s government continues the \u201dpay for slay\u201d policy where terrorists and their families receive compensation for attacks against Israelis.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201dFatah doesn\u2019t want their own state either. When they were offered 97 percent of the land they wanted, [former leader] Arafat responded with an intifada with hundreds of suicide bombings. They also want Israel\u2019s destruction,\u201d Neuer said.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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UN Watch Executive Director Hillel Neuer has spent years covering UNRWA. Photo: Press image<\/em><\/span><\/p>\nHamas Controls UNRWA<\/strong><\/h4>\n
West kowtowing to Hamas<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Fatah Not a Peace Partner<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Is Fatah and its leader Mahmoud Abbas \u2014 the Social Democrats\u2019 sister party \u2014 a legitimate peace partner?<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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