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shira

(30,109 posts) Tue May 3, 2016, 06:29 AM May 2016

No proof that construction material used for ‘military purposes’ in Gaza, insists UN

Bwahahahahahaha !!!!

A new low for the UN, as if that were possible.

The head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) stressed on Sunday that there is no proof that the construction material entering Gaza through his organisation was used for “military purposes”, Safa news agency has reported.

Robert Piper’s comment was made in a film broadcast by Sky News about the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip. The UN official’s statement refutes Israel’s claims that it has blocked cement going into Gaza because it has information that the material is used for such purposes.

In the film, Piper said that the UN had brought about 1.2m tons of construction materials to Gaza. He noted that the reconstruction of the devastated territory is going in the right direction....

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20160502-no-proof-that-construction-material-used-for-military-purposes-in-gaza-insists-un/

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No proof that construction material used for ‘military purposes’ in Gaza, insists UN (Original Post) shira May 2016 OP

Is there an organization that monitors construction-projects in Gaza? DetlefK May 2016 #1

In other words, the lack of proof Igel May 2016 #2

The UN couldn't prove its head from its 6chars May 2016 #3

DetlefK

(16,479 posts)

1. Is there an organization that monitors construction-projects in Gaza?

Reply to shira (Original post)

Tue May 3, 2016, 07:07 AM

May 2016

How many houses are built? How large are they? How much cement and steel-bars does building these houses approximately consume according to theoretical estimates of engineers?

If it were monitored, it would be somewhat possible to tell how much construction-material lies around unused, how much goes into publicly visible projects and how much goes into hidden projects.

But if you purely go by reading documents the PA hands you...

Igel

(36,187 posts)

2. In other words, the lack of proof

Reply to DetlefK (Reply #1)

Tue May 3, 2016, 08:39 AM

May 2016

has to have the assumption that there is data that could provide proof.

In Hamas-controlled territory, that might be hard to come by. But it's an empirical question.

6chars

(3,967 posts)

3. The UN couldn't prove its head from its

Reply to shira (Original post)

Tue May 3, 2016, 09:08 AM

May 2016

anything else.

So, was any material used for military purposes? Or were the newest terror tunnels built from fairy dust?

Hell, Hamas was keeping weapons in all sorts of UN facilities and when Israel discovered them, the UN seized them and gave them back to Hamas to put "somewhere else"

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