More Donor Countries Drop UNRWA After Staff Involved in Hamas October 7 Attack
January 28, 2024
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Nine countries, including the United States, have dropped funding for the United National Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) — the special refugee agency for Palestinians — after staff members were shown to have joined the Hamas terror attack October 7.
The U.S. dropped
suspended
for UNRWA on Friday after the agency fired 12 staffers after being presented by Israel with evidence against them. (Ironically, the Biden administration
restored
funding for UNRWA after President Donald Trump had
canceled
it.)
The Swiss parliament
voted
to defund UNRWA in December, after reports emerged that UNRWA staff had
praised
the October 7 terror attack, in which about 1,200 people were murdered. Several graduates of UNRWA schools were also among the terrorists.