White House National Security Press Secretary John Kirby said Thursday that the Biden administration's response to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) comes as the agency faces accusations that it allowed Hamas terrorists to use its facilities. UNRWA).
UNRWA is a unique institution established after the 1948 war. The war saw Arab states fail to destroy the newly independent state of Israel in the conflict, and some 700,000 Palestinians were forced to flee their homes, many at the encouragement of Arab leaders. Experts say that UNRWA is undermining the idea that Palestinians, who have lived in other countries and Palestinian-controlled territories for generations, are still “refugees” and that their real homeland is Israel, which Palestinian terrorist organizations want to destroy. and support the perpetuation of the conflict.
Additionally, UNRWA has long been accused of indoctrinating Palestinian children to hate Israel and Jews. Several UNRWA officials reportedly praised the October 7 Hamas terrorist attack in which several graduates of UNRWA schools reportedly participated. UNRWA teachers are said to have helped imprison Israeli hostages, and Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers routinely find weapons in UNRWA facilities. Recently, Hamas terrorists opened fire on IDF soldiers at a UNRWA school, and on Thursday the IDF reported that the soldiers opened fire. found A booby-trapped UNRWA daycare facility in the West Bank. UNRWA also operates here.
Jake Turks, White House correspondent for an Orthodox Jewish magazine Amiposed the question to Kirby at a White House briefing on Thursday — noting that Wednesday was the first birthday of Kfir Bibas, an Israeli baby kidnapped by Hamas.
Mr. Turks called for a White House response to Hamas' presence at UNRWA facilities. “Will this be complicit with them in any way? How does the administration view this and will it adjust its strategy going forward?
Kirby said UNRWA is “food, water, [and] Delivered “medicine” to Palestinians in Gaza. “They cannot be held responsible for Hamas's corruption,” he said. Mr. Turks then asked whether UNRWA should “at least raise the alarm” about Hamas' use of its facilities. When Mr. Kirby tried to deflect questions to the United Nations, Mr. Turks pointed out that the Biden administration was giving UNRWA “$1 billion.”
President Donald Trump cut funding to UNRWA in 2018, but Biden restored $700 million in funding shortly after taking office, including funds that Trump had withheld.
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