ArtikBanana@lemmy.dbzer0.com to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoJapan suspends funding to UNRWA over alleged staff ties to Oct. 7 Hamas attackwww3.nhk.or.jpexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down111
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minus-squareArete@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down12·8 months agoThis isn’t remotely true but ok
minus-squareMrkawfee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down11·8 months agoThey are cutting off aid when the ICJ ordered more aid into the strip.
minus-squareArete@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down4·8 months agoEven if that were true, which it isn’t, Japan isn’t a party to the ruling. They can choose to donate their own money (or not) however they want. I suggest you read the actual ruling and dissenting opinion, they’re quite informative.
minus-squareMrkawfee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·8 months agoJapan isn’t a party to the ruling but it is a signatory to the genocide convention as are the other countries that have withheld funding so they have an obligation not to make the situation worse. It’s a morally depraved act.
This isn’t remotely true but ok
They are cutting off aid when the ICJ ordered more aid into the strip.
Even if that were true, which it isn’t, Japan isn’t a party to the ruling. They can choose to donate their own money (or not) however they want.
I suggest you read the actual ruling and dissenting opinion, they’re quite informative.
Japan isn’t a party to the ruling but it is a signatory to the genocide convention as are the other countries that have withheld funding so they have an obligation not to make the situation worse.
It’s a morally depraved act.