The U.S. State Department is pausing funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency following claims that some of its employees were allegedly involved in the Oct. 7 terror attack. The UNRWA provides aid for Palestinians in Gaza, and the U.S. has long been the agency’s biggest donor.
The State Department said around 12 employees were accused of participating in the terror attacks. UNRWA said the accused employees have all been fired as the agency investigates, according to CBS News.
Under President Joe Biden, the U.S. gifted over $900 million in three years. Now, the Biden administration is withholding donations.
The U.S. has been funding UNRWA for decades, excluding under former President Donald Trump, who stopped donations out of concern the agency was “irredeemably flawed.”
The U.N. agency has also faced allegations of being antisemitic. An IMPACT-se report found examples of UNRWA teachers praising the mass murder of Jews.
