Israel has paid the UN for its deliberate attack on a UN Aid center in Gaza during its assault on the impoverished refugee slum last year. I hope this will be followed up by Israel owning up to its crimes against the Gazans themselves and moving out of the occupied land and paying the victims. (Dream on, right?)

The funny thing is their attempted justification - trying to prevent rocket attacks. Hmmm.... The UN Aid center, ambulances carrying injured, journalists and others were all intentionally targeted by these criminals. And as I quoted prior, Israel reassured its troops it would defend them against war crimes charges. Which should be forthcoming, in light of the Goldstone Report, which according to Israel and the US is a piece of Palestinian propoganda (too bad the respected judge Mr Goldstone is himself Jewish - I guess next he will be labeled a self hating Jew). And of course, the venerable Israeli occupying administrator of the West Bank, Mr Abbas, has declined war crimes charges in exchange for the ability to enrich himself further by putting up some more cell phone towers....

As much as I would like to say any of the above is made up or conspiracy babble, it is all fact.

Here's the news on the payment to the UN
http://us.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/01/23/israel.un.gaza/index.html?hpt=T2

On the bright side, those poor Gazans have reached into their impoverished pockets, and tried to help those stricken in Haiti.

http://www.euronews.net/2010/01/18/earthquake-in-haiti-palestinians-in-gaza-donate-to-haiti/

For more on the Israeli occupation, I highly recommend Occupation 101