August 14, 2026 Categories: Shiloh Musings
Are Israel and the Settlements Really the Biggest Problems in the Middle East?
As I was scrolling down the daily "headlines" sent by The New York Times yesterday, I noticed two interesting ones:
U.N. Agency Suspends Food Aid in Gaza After Protesters Break Into Its Compound
and
U.N. Says It Is Running Out of Money to Assist Wave of Refugees From Syria
Even the United Nations seems very occupied with problems in the Middle East much greater than anything going on in Israel including my town of Shiloh.
“There will be no food tomorrow,” said Adnan Abu Hasna, a spokesman for the agency, which provides nutrition, education, health and other services to 815,000 Palestinians who are refugees and their descendants, nearly half of Gaza’s population. “The food distribution centers and the relief offices will be closed in the coming days unless there’s a real security being provided to the life of our staff, because there is a great concern about their safety.”
How long will the United Nations support and perpetuate the Arab's refugee status?
“The needs are rising exponentially, and we are broke,” Marixie Mercado, a spokeswoman for Unicef, told reporters in Geneva. “Across the region, a lot of our operations are going to have to start scaling down unless we get money.”
The warning came as President Bashar al-Assad, in a rare interview with a foreign media outlet, said that if Syria broke up or came under the control of “terrorist forces,” this would immediately spill over into neighboring countries first, and that a domino effect would reach countries across the Middle East.
Shouldn't the United States, its President Barack Obama and his Cabinet be more concerned about what all the instability mentioned in these articles than what is happening in Israel?
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