Several progressive lawmakers are urging President Joe Biden’s administration to restore funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) which the administration halted after employees of the U.N. agency were accused of participating in the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks in Israel.
Earlier this month, Israeli government authorities presented UNRWA with allegations that as many as 12 of the U.N. agency’s employees participated in the Oct. 7 attacks. The U.S. State Department announced on Friday that they would temporarily pause U.S. funding to UNRWA, pending a review of the allegations against its employees and steps the United Nations will take to address these concerns….
