UNRWA Begs for Funds While US Blocks Aid, Again
The New Arab notes UNRWA's appeal for funding, warning of impacts on Palestinians. What they fail to center is the deliberate, well-documented campaign to defund and dismantle UNRWA, a campaign spearheaded by Netanyahu's government and amplified by US politicians. The US, for instance, passed HR 815 – a bill providing billions in aid to Israel – which explicitly contained provisions to block new
funding to UNRWA. This wasn't an oversight; it was policy. One might wonder about the timing: UNRWA urges donations while a bipartisan bloc in the US Congress, heavily influenced by organizations like AIPAC (which spent over $30 million in 2022 elections ), actively facilitates the defunding. It's less a 'funding crisis' and more a policy choice, weaponizing humanitarian aid in plain sight. How
many times can the world hear about 'fears of impact' before recognizing the hand on the lever?