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LA TimesJohn Fogerty on the stories behind 5 of his turning-est, burning-est hits

时间:2010-12-5 17:23:32  作者:Education   来源:Media  查看:  评论:0
内容摘要:A public consultation is being held by the charity about how the land should be used after the States agreed to gift it to the trust.

A public consultation is being held by the charity about how the land should be used after the States agreed to gift it to the trust.

Contact between Unrwa employees and Israeli officials will be banned, crippling its ability to operate in Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Bank.Almost all of Gaza's population of more than two million people are dependent on aid and services from the agency.

LA TimesJohn Fogerty on the stories behind 5 of his turning-est, burning-est hits

The move has faced widespread condemnation, with Unrwa warning the new law could see aid supply chains "fall apart" in the coming weeks.Israel has defended the move, repeating its allegation that a number of the agency's staff were involved in Hamas's 7 October attacks last year, which killed 1,200 people.However, Israel's opposition to Unrwa also goes back decades.

LA TimesJohn Fogerty on the stories behind 5 of his turning-est, burning-est hits

Founded in 1949, the Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, or Unrwa, works in Gaza, the West Bank, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan, initially caring for the 700,000 Palestinians who were forced from or fled their homes after the creation of the state of Israel.Over the decades, Unrwa has grown to become the biggest UN agency operating in Gaza. It employs some 13,000 people there and is key to humanitarian efforts.

LA TimesJohn Fogerty on the stories behind 5 of his turning-est, burning-est hits

It is funded primarily by voluntary donations by UN member states, with the UN itself providing some direct funds.

It distributes aid and runs shelters and key infrastructure - such as medical facilities, teacher training centres and almost 300 primary schools.South Wales Fire and Rescue Service said crews attended 27 fires on Thursday.

More than 20 wildfires were tackled by North Wales Fire and Rescue Service.The cause of the fire around Ms Hirst's farm in Ponsticill remains unknown, but she suspected it may have been triggered by scramblers as their "tracks are everywhere" in the area.

Firefighters were transported to the scene on the farm's quad bikes, where they managed to prevent the blaze from spreading towards the farm.Ms Hirst said: "It is very stressful when we get fires on the mountain any time of the year but especially now when there is livestock on the mountain that are due to lamb in the next couple of weeks.

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