The Normal Commissioner stated the Israeli authorities had launched a smear marketing campaign in opposition to the United Nations company.
The United Nations company for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) accused the Israeli authorities of “shopping for adverts on Google to forestall customers from donating to the company.”
UNRWA Normal Commissioner Filippo Lazzarini posted on X that Israel’s makes an attempt to defame the company not solely harmed its fame but additionally put the lives of its employees in danger.
“These deliberate makes an attempt to unfold misinformation needs to be stopped and investigated,” Lazzarini wrote on Saturday, calling for extra regulation of firms, together with social media platforms, to fight misinformation and hate speech.
The unfold of misinformation and disinformation continues for use as a weapon in warfare #gaza.
as a part of its marketing campaign of destruction and smear @UNRWAthe Israeli authorities has been shopping for adverts @Google Block customers from donating to the group + take…
— Philippe Lazzarini (@UNLazzarini) August 31, 2024
“The unfold of misinformation and disinformation continues for use as a weapon within the warfare in Gaza,” he wrote.
Israel has for years opposed UNRWA, the primary group that has offered humanitarian support to Palestinians within the occupied Palestinian territories since 1949 and serves Palestinian refugees in different nations, which Israel claims Linked to “terrorists” and lobbied for the company’s closure.
Final month, the United Nations condemned an Israeli authorities spokesman’s description of Lazzarini as a “terrorist sympathizer.”
David Menser took intention at Lazzarini in a videotaped speech, claiming the establishment was deeply infiltrated by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
The United Nations stated the feedback had been “reprehensible” and warned they endangered Lazzarini’s security.
Earlier this yr, Israel claimed that among the company’s employees had been concerned within the Hamas-led assault on Israel on October 7, main greater than a dozen worldwide donors to droop assist.
A U.N.-mandated impartial evaluate discovered that Israel had offered no credible proof for its accusations, and most donors have since resumed funding.
In line with UNRWA, Israeli assaults in Gaza steadily focused UNRWA amenities, killing 212 employees members and hitting not less than 70 p.c of colleges.
In line with Gaza’s Ministry of Well being, Israel’s warfare in Gaza has killed not less than 40,691 individuals and injured 94,060. In line with official Israeli statistics, Hamas-led assaults on Israel have killed not less than 1,139 individuals, in accordance with Al Jazeera.
