Patterico's Pontifications

9/30/2024

“You Don’t Say”

Filed under: General — JVW @ 9:31 am



[guest post by JVW]

One of my favorite old-time expressions is the three-word phrase used as the title of this post. I find it very useful when you hear some news that really ought to be shocking, but instead just seems as though it is entirely to be expected. This weekend brought us a great example [bolded emphasis is mine]:

A Hamas commander in Lebanon who was killed in an Israeli airstrike overnight was an accredited member of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the embattled agency confirmed after his death.

Hamas’s Fateh Sherif and his family were killed in an airstrike at a Palestinian refugee camp in the southern city of Tyre, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Monday. “Sherif was responsible for coordinating Hamas’ terror activities in Lebanon with Hezbollah operatives, as well as Hamas’ efforts in Lebanon to recruit operatives and acquire weapons.”

While leading terrorist activities, Sherif also headed the UNRWA teachers’ union in Lebanon. Though employed by the U.N. agency, Sherif was suspended without pay in March due to allegations involving “his political activities,” UNRWA told the Times of Israel in a statement.

At the time of the suspension, UNRWA told Reuters that Sherif had been suspended for three months after the U.N. agency was made aware of allegations about activities “that are in violation of the Agency’s regulatory framework governing staff conduct.”

Sherif’s suspension sparked widespread protests led by teachers outside UNRWA’s Beirut offices. Protesters demanded that he be reinstated.

I try to be a good civil libertarian — Lord knows that I try — but I do kind of hope that the FBI has somebody quietly looking into Randi Weingarten. Sorry, not sorry.

– JVW


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