Laura Flanders & Friends | UNRWA Funding, Explained: Why the US CUT Donations for Humanitarian Aid in Gaza [WEB EXCLUSIVE] @LauraFlandersAndFriends | Uploaded February 2024 | Updated October 2024, 28 minutes ago.
In recent weeks, The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), announced it may have to stop their humanitarian aid operations. Amid a humanitarian crisis, UNRWA is at risk of losing over $665 million dollars in donations.
This came after many countries pulled their funding from the agency amid allegations by Israel that 12 UNRWA staff members were involved in the October 7 Hamas attack.
The United States, Germany, Switzerland, Canada, The Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Italy, Australia and Finland have either suspended or are reviewing their donations to UNRWA.
At the same time, the United States Senate just passed a $95 billion package with aid for Ukraine and Israel.
Why is the United States pouring billions of dollars into Israel’s military operations, and pulling millions out of UNRWA? We need funding for humanitarian aid, not weapons.
Phyllis Bennis is a Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and is an expert on the war economy. In this bonus conversation, Phyllis and Laura unpack the fate of UNRWA and discuss the United States’ support for Israel’s genocide of Palestinians.
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In recent weeks, The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), announced it may have to stop their humanitarian aid operations. Amid a humanitarian crisis, UNRWA is at risk of losing over $665 million dollars in donations.
This came after many countries pulled their funding from the agency amid allegations by Israel that 12 UNRWA staff members were involved in the October 7 Hamas attack.
The United States, Germany, Switzerland, Canada, The Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Italy, Australia and Finland have either suspended or are reviewing their donations to UNRWA.
At the same time, the United States Senate just passed a $95 billion package with aid for Ukraine and Israel.
Why is the United States pouring billions of dollars into Israel’s military operations, and pulling millions out of UNRWA? We need funding for humanitarian aid, not weapons.
Phyllis Bennis is a Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and is an expert on the war economy. In this bonus conversation, Phyllis and Laura unpack the fate of UNRWA and discuss the United States’ support for Israel’s genocide of Palestinians.
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![UNRWA Funding, Explained: Why the US CUT Donations for Humanitarian Aid in Gaza [WEB EXCLUSIVE]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4RCRQ3QvRD0/hqdefault.jpg "UNRWA Funding, Explained: Why the US CUT Donations for Humanitarian Aid in Gaza [WEB EXCLUSIVE]
In recent weeks, The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), announced it may have to stop their humanitarian aid operations. Amid a humanitarian crisis, UNRWA is at risk of losing over $665 million dollars in donations.
This came after many countries pulled their funding from the agency amid allegations by Israel that 12 UNRWA staff members were involved in the October 7 Hamas attack.
The United States, Germany, Switzerland, Canada, The Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Italy, Australia and Finland have either suspended or are reviewing their donations to UNRWA.
At the same time, the United States Senate just passed a $95 billion package with aid for Ukraine and Israel.
Why is the United States pouring billions of dollars into Israel’s military operations, and pulling millions out of UNRWA? We need funding for humanitarian aid, not weapons.
Phyllis Bennis is a Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and is an expert on the war economy. In this bonus conversation, Phyllis and Laura unpack the fate of UNRWA and discuss the United States’ support for Israel’s genocide of Palestinians.
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On a former plantation in central Louisiana, The Jubilee Justice Black Farmers Rice Project is pioneering regenerative farming practices as a means to address systemic racism. This innovative project combines restorative economics, regenerative agriculture, and asset ownership to work towards racial justice. By embracing regenerative farming, Jubilee Justice Rice Project tackles the racial wealth gap, land theft and the loss of Black farmers, and the environmentally harmful methods of rice production.
Konda Mason, the visionary leader driving Jubilee Justice, along with renowned social justice advocate Shirley Sherrod, discuss the potential of restorative economics and regenerative farming to combat racism. According to Mason, Sherrod, and the dedicated multi-racial supporters and volunteer experts involved, this approach is already making a significant difference.
This project serves as a response to historical injustices and seeks to empower Black farmers by cultivating high-value crops, specifically, specialty rice. This episode sheds light on the significance of owning the means of production, exemplified by the cooperatively-owned rice mill that Jubilee Justice has recently opened. By eliminating intermediaries and increasing profitability, this cooperative model bolsters economic independence for Black farmers who have historically faced land theft and discrimination.
Through knowledge sharing, collaboration, and community support, this project endeavors to bridge the racial divide and foster a future rooted in justice and healing.
“As Black farmers, we rarely own the land . . . And we are completely dependent upon a third party to say yes to my crop . . . What that mill represents is a vertical integration of their crop from growing it to milling it, to distributing it, and making their own decisions . . . We have to own the means of production.” - Konda Mason
“. . . Its not just the big guys who can come in and grow rice where its not even healthy and feed it to all of us . . . We can pick our area, we can do it right, we can show care and love for each other, and that comes out in the food we provide.” - Shirley Sherrod
00:00 Jubilee Justice
02:15 Historical Context
04:00 Land Ownership
05:45 Rice Mill
08:40 Repair Essence
10:30 Farming Approach
13:20 Lotus Foods
16:15 Farmer Impact
19:00 Sherrods Perspective
24:30 Conclusion
Guests:
Nwamaka Agbo: CEO, Kataly Foundation & Managing Director, Restorative Economies Fund
Myles Gaines: Head of Innovation & Experimentation, Jubilee Justice Black Farmers Rice Project
Donna Isaac: Farmer, Jubilee Justice Black Farmers Rice Project
Ken Lee and Caryl Levine: Co-Founders & Co-CEOs, Lotus Foods; Partners with Jubilee Justice Black Farmers Rice Project
Konda Mason: Founder & President, Jubilee Justice
Shirley Sherrod: Executive Director, Southwest Georgia Project for Community Education; Co-Founder, New Communities, Inc.; U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Equity Commission
Bernard Winn: Operations Specialist & Mill Manager, Jubilee Justice Black Farmers Rice Project
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