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.
But the Biden administration continued to defend its decision to fund UNRWA, as recently as earlier this month. President Biden not…
