State Dept Defends UN Agency that Gave Rockets Back to Hamas
State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf defended a United Nations agency that was caught giving Hamas rockets back to the terror group on two separate occasions after they were discovered in the agency’s schools in Gaza.

The U.N.’s Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which operates several schools in Gaza, admitted earlier this week that it had found Hamas rockets stored in two of its schools. On both occasions, UNRWA gave the rockets over to local authorities, who is most cases operate in tandem with Hamas.
http://freebeacon.com/national-secur...back-to-hamas/





Gaza conflict: Is US pressuring Israel with airport ban?
Washington: The US denies that a ban on US airliners flying to Tel Aviv and a stark US travel warning are ploys to push Israel to agree a Gaza truce.

"I would wholly disagree with that argument," deputy State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said, when asked if the two directives were a political move to put pressure on Israelis.

"We issued travel warnings because one of our top priorities is protecting US citizens overseas," she told reporters on Tuesday.

"This is a step we have taken when we've felt the situation on the ground warranted it. Obviously that is a process that we go through, that in no way is policy related or politically related."

Despite deep links between Americans and Israel, the State Department on Monday warned all US citizens against travelling to Israel, the West Bank or Gaza because of "ongoing hostilities".
http://www.smh.com.au/world/gaza-con...723-zvxuo.html