| UNRWA Is Not
Immune US Told Judge for UN Aid
to Hamas Oct 7 Attacks UN Asks
to Reply
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
May 1 - For the UN's role in
Hamas' October 7 attacks,
non-US citizen plaintiffs and
estates on June 24 filed a
lawsuit in the U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York against
UNRWA, Philippe Lazzarini,
Pierre Krahenbuhl, Filippo
Grandi, Leni Stenseth, Sandra
Mitchel, Margot Ellis and
Greta Gunnarsdottir.
The
individual plaintiffs are sued
for, inter alia, their
"constant travel to New York"
to raise and get money and
"their material support of
Hamas' terror infrastructure."
Also cited, for jurisdiction
and venue, is "over one
billion dollars from UNRWA's
New York bank account in
Manhattan that Defendants then
caused to be delivered to Gaza
in cash U.S. dollars to
benefit Hamas."
Inner City
Press, which daily cover the
SDNY court in-person and the
UN from outside the gate,
banned from entry by SG
Antonio Guterres, asked
Guterres' spokespeople
Stephane Dujarric and Melissa
Fleming about the lawsuit,
without any response per
usual.
Nor have they
responded to Inner City Press'
June 19 application
to enter the UN to ask these
questions.
On February 18,
the (new) SDNY wrote in, "The
Government is currently
reviewing the views." Letter
on Inner City Press'
DocumentCloud here
On April 17 DOJ
wrote in asking for one more
week to finalize. Inner City
Press, still banned from the
UN by Antonio Guterres,
tweeted it.
On April 24 the
Administration wrote in that
it "has since reevaluated that
position, and now concludes
UNRWA is not immune from this
litigation. Nor are the bulk
of other defendants" - 10 page
filing on DocumentCloud here.
On May 1 the UN's
law firm wrote in to "to
request leave to respond to
the U.S. Government’s letter
dated April 24, 2025." The U's
chief legal counsel, including
at the International Court of
Justice, has said nothing on
this question.
The UNRWA case is
ESTATE OF TAMAR KEDEM SIMAN
TOV, BY HEIR-AT-LAW GAD KEDEM
v. UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND
WORKS AGENCY (UNRWA) et al.,
24-cv-04765 (Torres)
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