 Hi friends and subscribers, welcome back to my YouTube channel, my name is Daniel Rosil. This channel focuses on life on the ground in Jerusalem and Israel. Recently I've been sharing some videos about how Ireland has reacted to Israel's current escalation of its war against the Hamas terrorist organization based in the Gaza Strip. It's unclear exactly what's happening on the ground right now. The IDF's planned ground operation in Gaza hasn't started yet and all we can do is speculate as to why. Meanwhile Israel is trying to contain and stabilize the northern front with Lebanon. It's also attempting to find ways to separate the civilian population in Gaza from Hamas. So far it has tried to move civilians to a safe area in Gaza and provide a very basic level of humanitarian aid to prevent the situation from devolving into a total humanitarian catastrophe. During its time of crisis Israel has seen steadfast support from some nations like the US. Other less friendly ones like Ireland have also been reliable but in a different way. They've been reliably unfriendly. Shortly after the breakout of the conflict Ireland joined Denmark and Luxembourg in attempting to water down an EU resolution condemning the barbaric terrorist attack that took place the day before on October 7th. Ireland unsuccessfully attempted to interject language into the condemnation that would call for an avoidance of an escalation of violence which seems like it was code for asking Israel to not respond in kind. The broader community of EU stakeholders were having none of it however and the condemnation ended up just as a condemnation. Alongside the fact that EU Commissioner Ursula von der Leyen came out with a statement saying that the EU stands with Israel this combination of facts drove many amassed sympathizers in Ireland absolutely crazy. Ireland joined yet another minority of EU states a few days later when it seems to have successfully pushed the EU to backtrack on a plan to freeze funds to Gaza. In that move Ireland was joined only by Spain and Luxembourg. After Hamas shared videos showing it digging up EU funded water pipes in Gaza to use as rocket parts the EU seemed understandably worried that its contributions were being seized by Hamas and used to finance terrorism. Earlier this week however Ireland decided to move unilaterally to increase funding to Gazans. It announced a 13 million euro aid package consisting of what it called Humanitarian Assistance for Palestinians. 10 million euro of that aid would go to funding UNRWA and 3 million of that aid to another EU mission the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs or OCHA. In total Ireland has now sent 29 million euro to the Palestinians since the start of this year. This move has raised at least a few sets of eyebrows on social media and brought some to ask at a time when the international community is proving wary of sending additional aid to Palestinians and Ireland has chose to go it alone. Does this mean that Ireland is going to end up funding Hamas? Although the Irish contribution is relative pocket change compared to the 1 billion which Qatar has plowed into the territory since 2012, there is a very real chance that by backing UNRWA Ireland will end up directly abetting Hamas. Hamas has repeatedly stored rockets at UNRWA facilities in the Gaza Strip and also use them as launching areas for attacks against Israel. Of course UNRWA has formally condemned this but the organisation is staffed in major part by local Gazans, which means that it's extremely possible that Hamas supporters are staffing its mission and taking advantage of the diplomatic protection that UNRWA enjoys to make it a convenient launching area for attacks against Israel. And here's something even more absurd, UNRWA has previously handed over rockets stored in its schools to Hamas after they were found being stored there illegally. Yes you heard that right, they handed rockets stored illegally in their schools over to the authorities in Gaza which then as now consist of Hamas. So UNRWA has previously been complicit in rocket attacks against Israel. There are other reasons to be suspicious of the good intentions of UNRWA as an aid parter from an Israeli perspective ranging from the fact that they have previously been found to hire teachers propagating Hamas ideology through to the fact that the mission has a vested interest in perpetuating indefinitely the status of Palestinian refugees. But perhaps this set of facts is enough to convince you that this UN mission may not be the good faith institution dedicated to supporting the betterment of ordinary Gazans than many naively believe it to be. Which brings me back to the question here, by giving them 10 million euro during a time of active hostility with Israel could Ireland and the Irish taxpayer actually be actively funding Hamas? Want to get more videos from me? Please consider liking this video and subscribing to this YouTube channel.