Hamas leader considering Hostage deal with Israel #shorts #israel

Hamas' political leader said yesterday that he will travel to Cairo to consider a potential new hostage deal. This... after Israeli, Qatari, Egyptian and US officials have reached a unified position on a framework for the deal that would involve the release of hostages and a substantial pause of hostilities in Gaza. NBC's Matt Bradley reports from Tel Aviv. #shorts #israel #politics #news #gaza #hamas #politicalnews #worldnews #hostage #israelpalestineconflict #palestine

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UNRWA's message to the Palestinians? You can choose war over peace and still expect to get everything you want.

Some humanitarian groups seem to be backing global terrorism because they're too keen on showing the world how tolerant they are. They've got this long list of people to blame, all because they want to look good. This leads them to value the wrong things, like how much aid they can give out, instead of aiming for true fairness and helping people become self-sufficient

They should be all about fairness and neutrality, helping people to a point where they can stand on their own, and then moving on to help others in need elsewhere.

Take the situation with the Palestinians and UNRWA after the 1948 War of Independence.

The real issue started when the choice was made to go to war instead of living in peace with Israel. That war led to Palestinian defeat and the creation of UNRWA to help the resulting 750, 000 refugees. Fast forward to today, three generations later, and UNRWA says there are 5.9 million Palestinian refugees eligible for their services. (Remember that these humanitarian groups measure themselves by the size of aid provided.)

UNRWA has a unique definition for Palestinian refugees that includes not only the original refugees from the 1948 and 1967 conflicts but also their descendants. This definition is broader than the one that the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) typically uses, which does not include descendants in refugee status. Effectively, the agency increased its responsibilities by a factor of 8 with its new definition.

The fact that Palestinians are still considered refugees is due to their bad reputation.

Everyone in the Middle East knows how they have earned this reputation by starting conflict in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Kuwait and Tunisia. Many of these countries still have not recovered. No one wants Palestinians to integrate into their societies. But this also reflects a failure by UNRWA to get the people self-sufficient and prioritize civic responsibilities over the priority of conflict and the destruction of Israel.

Over 74 years, UNRWA's become huge, with 13, 000 people working there, still handling all basic services for Palestinians.

UNRWA keeps focusing on Palestinian victimhood and doing jobs that a government should be doing.

This overlooks the big picture: the refusal to accept Israel and the decision to wage war. Choices were made and priorities were set—not to work towards coexistence or economic partnership but to risk everything for war. Decisions have consequences.

But if you ask UNRWA, there shouldn't be a fallout from these decisions. Seventy-five years on, and we still have Palestinians in camps, hoping to reverse their defeat.

UNRWA's stance that Palestinians are merely victims without pushing for real societal and behavioral change has led to a cycle of dependency. They turn a blind eye to military efforts and validate historical grievances, ignoring the lack of accountability. While Hamas builds tunnels and missiles and the PA rewards violence, UNRWA remains silent.

UNRWA's message to the Palestinians? You can choose war over peace and still expect to get everything you want.

That's a dangerous mindset.