Tom Fletcher is the UN’s Under-Secretary for Humanitarian Aid. He has recently been caught making false accusations against Israel so grotesque and so dangerous that he must be forced to resign. More on his mythomania can be found here: “Tom Fletcher’s continued falsehoods on Israel prove he needs to resign – editorial,” Jerusalem Post, June 1, […]
UN Mythomanes Come A Cropper
On May 20, Tom Fletcher, the UN’s Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, in an interview with BBC radio made the extraordinary claim that unless more aid from Israel was forthcoming, “there are 14,000 babies that will die in the next 48 hours unless we can reach them.” Asked how he knew this, […]
When Will Those Denouncing Israel for ‘Genocide’ Realize Their Wild Charges Led to Two Murders?
British Defense Secretary David Lammy announced while addressing Parliament on May 19 that in order to punish Israel for its new offensive in Gaza, he would suspend talks on a free trade agreement. Jake Wallis Simons takes a whack both at Lammy, and at those MPs who repeated claims first made by a UN official […]
UN ‘humanitarian chief’ lies, claims 14,000 babies in Gaza will die within the next 48 hours unless they get aid
Why has world opinion turned so markedly against Israel? Because people at high levels are willing to lie in this way. “UN retracts aid chief’s claim that 14,000 Gazan babies will die in 48 hours without aid,” by Mathilda Heller, Jerusalem Post, May 21, 2025: United Nations humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher told the BBC that […]