{"id":49357,"date":"2017-01-19T17:05:52","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T15:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=49357"},"modified":"2017-01-16T15:35:55","modified_gmt":"2017-01-16T13:35:55","slug":"08-05-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=49357","title":{"rendered":"Palestinian UN worker sentenced to 7 months for aiding Hamas"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Palestinian UN worker sentenced to 7 months for aiding Hamas<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

AFP AND TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Waheed Borsh convicted of diverting materials to build jetty, aiding Gaza terror group; likely to be released next week under plea deal<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"PalestinianPalestinian Waheed Borsh (C), a UN Development Programme employee in Gaza who is accused of aiding the terror group Hamas, looks on during his indictment at Beersheba District Court on August 28, 2016. (AFP PHOTO\/AHMAD GHARABLI)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

A Palestinian UN worker accused by Israel of aiding the Hamas terrorist group was sentenced to seven months\u2019 jail on Wednesday, his lawyer said, in a plea deal that will see him released soon.<\/span><\/p>\n

Waheed Borsh was convicted of \u201crendering services to an illegal organization without intention,\u201d his lawyer Lea Tsemel told AFP. With time already served, he is expected to be released on January 12.<\/span><\/p>\n

The case centered on accusations that rubble in Gaza under the responsibility of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) was misused by the terrorist group Hamas that controls the enclave.<\/span><\/p>\n

The engineer from Jabaliya in northern Gaza, who worked for the UNDP, was arrested on July 16.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the Shin Bet security service, Borsh was recruited by a Hamas member to \u201credirect his work for UNDP to serve Hamas\u2019s military interests.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\"PalestinianPalestinian construction laborers work on a water well at a Saudi Arabia-funded housing project executed by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, August 9, 2016. (AFP\/Said Khatib)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

During his interrogation, Borsh told investigators that in 2014, he was directed by Hamas to \u201cfocus on his work in the UNDP in a way that would allow Hamas to extract the greatest possible benefit from him,\u201d the Shin Bet said at the time.<\/span><\/p>\n

The UNDP has operated in the West Bank and Gaza since the late 1970s. In recent years, its Gaza branch has focused on rebuilding the homes and businesses destroyed in the conflicts between Israel and Hamas.<\/span><\/p>\n

In August, Borsh was charged with diverting 300 tons of rubble from a UNDP project in the Gaza Strip, run by Hamas, to build a jetty for the Islamist movement\u2019s naval force.<\/span><\/p>\n

After reviewing the charge sheet, the UNDP challenged Israel\u2019s allegations and said Borsh diverted the rubble under instructions from the Palestinian Authority.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tsemel stressed that her client had been convicted only of unintentionally aiding Hamas by \u201cmoving some rubble.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe prosecution claimed that he should have checked better as this could have helped Hamas.\u201d<\/span>
\n The UNDP said it had \u201czero tolerance for wrongdoing\u201d, but that the case did not prove deliberate intent.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis outcome confirms that there was no wrongdoing by UNDP,\u201d the body said in a statement.<\/span>
\n UN officials argued that Borsh, as a UN employee, may qualify for immunity from prosecution and requested that they be allowed to visit him in jail.<\/span><\/p>\n

Israel however, rejected the UN request, saying \u201cwhoever assists a terror organization cannot hide behind a claim of immunity.\u201d<\/span>
\n In addition to Borsh, Israel has accused two other Palestinians of infiltrating international aid organizations on behalf of Hamas.<\/span><\/p>\n

In August, an Israeli court charged Muhammad Halabi with channeling millions of dollars in foreign aid to Hamas and its armed wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. Halabi, who worked for the Christian organization World Vision, was arrested in June and later indicted on a number of charges, including funding terror. The charge sheet said he was recruited by Hamas to infiltrate the aid organization more than a decade ago, rising to become the head of the organization\u2019s Gaza operations.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the Shin Bet, Halabi also recruited a Palestinian aid worker from the Britain-based Save the Children to join the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, in 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n

The governments of Britain, Germany and Australia suspended their donations to the charity over Halabi\u2019s alleged links to Hamas.<\/span><\/p>\n

Danny Danon, Israel\u2019s ambassador to the UN, said at the time the cases were evidence of a \u201ctroubling trend of the systematic exploitation by Hamas.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

AFP visited the site of the alleged UNDP misuse last summer and found a new-looking jetty extending around 50 metres (yards) into the sea.<\/span><\/p>\n

Perhaps 10 feet (three yards) wide, it had wooden slats erected on one side to obscure the view.<\/span><\/p>\n

Armed Hamas fighters were in nearby fields.<\/span><\/p>\n

UNDP officials privately accepted that rubble from one of its projects may have been used in the construction of the jetty.<\/span><\/p>\n

But they stressed the disposal occurred in conjunction with the Ministry of Public Works, which is run by Hamas\u2019s rivals Fatah.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fatah leads the internationally recognized Palestinian government, and a UNDP probe concluded that there were no signs of Hamas activity in the area at the time the rubble was placed there.<\/span><\/p>\n

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