Sarah Muscroft’s statement that “such indiscriminate rocket fire of Islamic Jihad provoking Israeli retaliation is condemned” highlights a truth that was not tolerable for the pro-Palestinian UN. Her statement was also “met strong backlash from Palestinians.”
Last year, the UN held a pro-Palestinian conference on the anniversary of recognizing Israeli statehood. It has become routine that at every session of the UN General Assembly, “more than a dozen resolutions are passed to demonize Israel.”
Also in January of last year, the UN said it “mistakenly included” textbooks which promoted jihad warfare against Israel among books it distributed to students. Over the years, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the UN have become close allies, leading to the General Assembly’s adoption of a draft resolution entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.”
The only aspect of Muscroft’s losing her post as head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the Occupied Palestinian Territory that may have initially been surprising is that she is actually being kept on by the UN and “assigned a new role.” But that was because she did what all too many people who are bullied do. She “deleted the post and tweeted an apology the next day, saying that ‘one of my previous tweets was ill-informed and I have deleted it. I sincerely apologize for my poor judgment.’”
Now Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan is urging UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to cancel the ouster of Muscroft, an endeavor that likely will yield no results.
“Senior UN official loses her post after tweet condemning PIJ rocket fire at Israel,” by Jacob Magid, Times of Israel, August 13, 2022:
The UN has removed the head of one of its offices serving the Palestinians after she posted a tweet in which she condemned Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s “indiscriminate rocket fire” during the recent Gaza conflict, a UN spokesperson has confirmed to The Times of Israel.
The revelation came days after Sarah Muscroft tweeted her support for the ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian terror group after three days of fighting.
Muscroft, who headed the “United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the Occupied Palestinian Territory”, said: “Relieved to see a ceasefire agreed ending hostilities impacting both Palestinians and Israeli civilians. Such indiscriminate rocket fire of Islamic Jihad provoking Israeli retaliation is condemned. The safety of all civilians is paramount — the ceasefire must be upheld.”
Muscroft, who had been based in East Jerusalem, came under massive criticism from pro-Palestinian activists who said she was blaming Palestinians for the latest round of violence and was failing to hold Israel responsible.
The latest Gaza conflict began with several Israeli airstrikes against Islamic Jihad targets in response to what the army said was a concrete terror threat from a PIJ cell to fire anti-tank missiles across the border at Israeli troops or civilians. The strikes were followed by the firing of nearly 1000 rockets by PIJ as well as roughly 170 Israeli counterstrikes.
Muscroft later deleted the post and tweeted an apology the next day, saying that “one of my previous tweets was ill-informed and I have deleted it. I sincerely apologize for my poor judgment. All civilians — everywhere — must be able to live in peace.”
The uproar did not subside though, and Muscroft went on to close her Twitter account entirely….
