We Wait to See if Israel Will Evacuate Civilians

    We wait for the Israelis, wait to see if they will evacuate the civilians before unleashing a ground assault on Rafah. The world at large pleas, begs Israel to not go through with such an attack. Civilians will be slaughtered, comes the warning.
   Reminder: Israel has said it will evacuate them.
   Another thing we await: More understanding as to how Hamas built a tunnel underneath the UN office in the Gaza strip, complete with electricity and communication lines running to the UN office above. Israel revealed that discovery even as the UN Relief and Works Agency was scrambling to investigate charges that Hamas agents are on the UNRWA employment rolls. Did they infiltrate the UN? Or did the UN let them in fully knowing they were Hamas operatives?
   Those two embarrassments -- the tunnel and the operatives -- are causing no small amount of grief and judgement. "The UN has been exposed as an active and agreeable partner of Hamas," writes Alan Joseph Bauer in an opinion piece in Townhall. And, Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., has filed legislation to end U.S. funding of the UNRWA. We cannot and should not fund terrorism, Steube argues.
   So, what is not waiting is judgement. Some are bringing down the axe on the UN before the matter has been fully investigated. Was the UNRWA aware of the tunnel? The UN says it wasn't. "Sure," Bauer replies, "and I can sell you the Brooklyn Bridge."
   Investigate the accusations against the UN. Charge the CIA with that assignment. But, there are those of us who are not quick to believe such UN organizations are of the devil. A week ago, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints celebrated its partnership with the UN's World Food Program. Yes, the UNRWA and the UNWFP are apparently separate entities, so perhaps one could be evil and the other not. But, there is reason to believe both do good works. If the UNRWA was infiltrated, does that mean we defund it? Have foreign agents ever infiltrated any U.S. agencies? And, did we defund those agencies or just clean out the operatives? Be careful with yanking the funding. If those agencies are doing good, help them. Don't destroy them.
   As for Israel ground attack on Rafah, the world is watching. If there is a bloodbath of civilians, this will not go down good. If the Israelis do not evacuate the civilians as promised, yes, we should have a problem with that.