Trump Sides With Israel Banning UNRWA

Breaking with the previous Biden administration, the Trump administration came out on Tuesday in favor of Israeli legislation to sever Jerusalem’s ties with the UN relief agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA and to severely restrict its operations in Gaza and the West Bank.

Hamas Hostages Were Held in UNRWA Compounds

It comes about 15 months late, but Donald Trump just told the United Nations to go pound sand… Not only did Hamas use UNRWA for logistics and command functions, but they also controlled the aid flow into Gaza — and not just food, either. They used that to exert control over the populace by withholding resources from opponents while converting other aid into military use. The extensive tunnel system represents a massive misdirection of “humanitarian” aid under UNRWA’s auspices to military/terror purposes, which means UNRWA is largely responsible for Hamas’ dug-in status in Gaza. The UN empowered Hamas in every imaginable sense of that term, and its hands are covered in blood (HotAir).

Breaking with Biden, Trump envoy expresses support for Israeli laws targeting UNRWA

US representative tells Security Council Jerusalem justified in effort to shutter UN agency over its ties to Hamas, rejects claims that doing so will spark humanitarian disaster

By Jacob Magid, Times of Israel, January 31, 2025;

Breaking with the previous Biden administration, the Trump administration came out on Tuesday in favor of Israeli legislation to sever Jerusalem’s ties with the UN relief agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA and to severely restrict its operations in Gaza and the West Bank.

“It is Israel’s sovereign decision to close UNRWA’s offices in Jerusalem on January 30. The United States supports the implementation of this decision,” US chargé d’affaires ad interim Dorothy Shea said in remarks during the UN Security Council’s monthly session on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The Biden administration raised concerns over the extent to which Hamas has managed to infiltrate UNRWA and moved to freeze US funding to the agency following revelations that a number of its members actively participated in Hamas’s October 7 onslaught.

Israel after passing the legislation said it would work with international organizations to ensure that a vacuum in the humanitarian effort would not be created by UNRWA’s departure, but Israeli officials have acknowledged to The Times of Israel that those preparations have not yet been completed as the law comes into place.

These concerns were not voiced by Trump’s interim envoy at the UN, who echoed Israeli stances questioning the UN’s objectivity.

“We are concerned about reports that returned Israeli hostages were held by Hamas in UN facilities during their prolonged captivity in Gaza. It is vital for a full and independent investigation to assess these very serious allegations,” Shea said. “Unfortunately, this follows a pattern of serious allegations on the misuse of UN facilities – particularly UNRWA facilities – by Hamas terrorists.”

For his part, UNRWA’s chief told the UN Security Council that the ban — due to come into effect on Thursday — would be disastrous and cripple the body’s work in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.

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