UN Demands Compensation For Gaza Damage?

The UN should be ashamed of itself for demanding that Israel compensate the United Nations for damage to UN property in Gaza as a result of going after Hamas during Operation Cast Lead.

A United Nations demand for financial compensation for Israeli strikes on UN facilities in Gaza could come to $11 million, a government official in Jerusalem said yesterday in response to a UN report that criticized Israel for the attacks. The incidents occurred during Operation Cast Lead in January.

The official said Israel would begin negotiations with the UN on this and other matters in the coming weeks.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon accused Israel yesterday of lying about attacks on the facilities, including one said to have killed more than 40 people outside a school compound, and formally demanded compensation. He said a UN investigation found conclusively that Israel was responsible for attacks on several schools, a health clinic and the organization's Gaza headquarters. Some of the weapons used in these attacks contained white phosphorous, he added.

The report, which was presented to the Security Council yesterday, accuses Israel of intentionally firing on the UN institutions and using excessive force.

Keep in mind that the UN repeatedly looks the other way as the terrorists in Hamas regroup and rearm right under UN noses throughout the Gazan refugee camps that are operated by the UNRWA, UN peacekeepers failed to disarm Hizbullah pursuant to UN Security Council resolutions, which led to a major war in 2006 that decimated Southern Lebanon and severely damaged the Israeli economy.

Israel is being singled out for damaged property? Why is the UN not seeking reparations from Hamas for the damage done by terrorists operating in such close proximity to UN facilities so as to use them as human shields an which led to damage to UN facilities when those terrorists attacked Israel.