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US Suspends Funding for UN Palestinian Refugee Agency Over Employees Participation in Hamas Pogrom
Ben Cohen
January 26, 2024

The US announced on Friday that it was temporarily suspending funding for UNRWA, the UN agency dedicated to Palestinian refugees and their descendants, citing concerns about the participation of several of its employees in the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas pogrom in southern Israel. “The United States is extremely troubled by the allegations that twelve UNRWA employees may have been involved in the October 7 Hamas terrorist attack on Israel,” US State Department Matthew Miller said in a statement. “The Department of State has temporarily paused additional funding for UNRWA while we review these allegations and the steps the United Nations is taking to address them.” The US announcement came after UNRWA confirmed that it was launching an investigation into the employees suspected of involvement in the pogrom. READ MORE

UN WATCH Evidence Shows Widespread Support for October 7th Terrorists Among UNRWA Teachers in Gaza UN Watch continues to find abhorrent antisemitism and support for jihadi terrorism by UNRWA staff on social media. This report details how UNRWA teachers in a 3,000-member UNRWA staff Telegram group cheered and celebrated Hamas’s October 7th massacre while at the same time asking when their UNRWA salaries will be paid.

GATESTONE Bassam Tawil: Time to End UNRWA’s Jihad against Israel The UN, which has long ignored or denied the involvement of its employees in anti-Israeli terrorism and incitement, is now feigning shock and horror by the participation of some of its employees in the Hamas atrocities… The UN does not need to launch an investigation “to establish the truth” about the involvement of its employees in terrorism and incitement against Israel…For years, there has been ample evidence regarding the close connection between UNRWA and Hamas, the Palestinian terror group that seized control of the Gaza Strip in 2007.

WASHINGTON EXAMINER GOP demands Biden permanently cut off UNRWA after staffers allegedly joined Hamas in Oct. 7 Israel attack The Trump administration decided in 2018 to cease funding the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, a move the Biden administration reversed in 2021 but paused on Friday after UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini announced the termination of the accused staffers.

UN WATCH UNRWA’S Terrogram How a Telegram group of 3,000 UNRWA teachers in Gaza celebrated the October 7th Hamas massacre.