MidEastFilter: Why is the UN allowed to halt aid in response to theft?
February 6, 2009 11:45 AM   Subscribe

Is it a double standard for the UN to halt aid because Hamas stole some food? It seems that Israel has been criticized for the ways it's actions have hampered aid. But if Israel is reprimanded for responding to years of rocket attacks, why is it OK for the UN to punish all of Gaza because of a petty Hamas action like theft? I feel like I'm missing something obvious here... or is it just a double standard?
posted by brenton to Law & Government (3 answers total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: there is no decent way to answer this question without bringing everyone's biases and GRARing to the table. -- jessamyn

 
Response by poster: oops, should have linked here.
posted by brenton at 11:48 AM on February 6, 2009


This is basically chatfilter. The topic incapable of objective resolution, asks a loaded question about a known volatile topic, and fundamentally misstates the role of the UN to set up a conflict between two events that didn't occur in the same plane of jurisprudence.
posted by Inspector.Gadget at 11:51 AM on February 6, 2009


The world is not a fair place.
posted by mkultra at 11:53 AM on February 6, 2009 [1 favorite]


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