U.N.'s humanitarian affairs office slams Israel; silent on atrocities in Syria, Iraq

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), infamous for its one-sided coverage of the Gaza war, slammed Israel for "an unprecedented scale of destruction in Gaza".

On September 2, 2014 the United Nations Information Service in Geneva held its "regular press briefing" chaired by the Director of the Information Service. The briefing included statements by the several spokespersons of UN agencies and offices including the Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs.

Jens Laerke, OCHA's spokesperson, focused solely on the situation in Gaza while making the outrageous claim of "an unprecedented scale of destruction in Gaza."

Journalists in Geneva were also briefed on the current developments in Syria and Iraq, but OCHA's Laerke apparently didn't think that almost 200,000 dead in Syria or the persecution of the Iraqi Yazidis, Christians and other minorities merited OCHA's attention.

OCHA's mandate is to "ensure a coherent response to emergencies" including through "mobilizing and coordinating effective and principled humanitarian action in order to alleviate human suffering in disasters and emergencies, advocating the rights of people in need, promoting preparedness and prevention and facilitating sustainable solutions."

Clearly OCHA forgot the "principled" part of "principled humanitarian action," opting instead for serving as an obsessive anti-Israel propagandist.