Let's hear it for the UN!

Captain Ed finds this repulsive story in the Jerusalem Post:

UN officials said Saturday they are investigating a claim by the Israeli military that Palestinian terrorists transported a rocket in a vehicle with UN markings, but accused Israel of having made false allegations in the past.

On Friday, the IDF released video footage taken from an unmanned aircraft, or drone, flying over the Jebalya refugee camp. The blurred black-and-white video showed three men walking toward the U.N. vehicle, including one who carried an elongated object. The army said the object was a rocket.

Well, at least they're investigating, right? Well, sort of. Quotes from the so-called "investigator" Peter Hansen tell the tale:

This won't be the first time false allegations have been made against us. Everyone who has seen the footage has told me the object looks more like a folded-up stretcher than anything else. Especially since it was being carried with one hand. A Kassam rocket would be too heavy for a man to carry with one hand.

Unless we are talking about Goliath, (he) could hardly carry a Kassam rocket as a light object in one hand.

This is not the first time that we have allegations that turn out to be false or rather (are) based on very, very insufficient evidence.

Not that the outcome of the investigation is a foregone conclusion or anything.

Oh, by the way, that heavy, heavy rocket weighs 12 pounds. Interesting that Hansen would choose Goliath as his example, though. Goliath was a Philistine, from which descends the word "Palestine."

The United Nations has no credibility. When will people stop holding this corrupt, despicable organization up as a model of fairness?

The IDF's server is responding very slowly, so I've mirrored the video here.

Update: Israellycool picked this up, and also points out prior offenses by Hansen. "Israellycool" is a really (raelly?) cool name for a blog.