In the weeks before the Biden administration cut aid to United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) personnel following allegations that they took part in the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, ) sent tens of millions of dollars.
It was proposed in Congress by Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee. hearing It emerged earlier this week that the White House had deliberately waited to allocate funds to UNRWA before announcing the suspension of aid on January 26.There is no evidence yet to prove that, but Fox News report The government revealed in November that it had transferred $51 million to UNRWA, long after the agency was accused of being overly sympathetic to, and even somehow connected to, the Palestinian terrorists who carried out the attack. did.
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of Biden administration Before the administration halted new funding, it sent millions of dollars in government aid to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in fiscal year 2024 amid terrorism-related allegations against federal employees.
The administration announced last week that it would impose a new moratorium on funding over allegations that some of its members were “involved” in the Oct. 7 Hamast terrorist attack in Israel. The U.S. government had already allocated $51 million for FY24 before the suspension.
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“The decision to suspend came well after the first grant of $51 million from UNRWA’s Opt Flash Appeal was disbursed,” a State Department spokesperson told FOX News Digital. “This funding was mandated in mid-November at the beginning of the crisis, approximately 100 days before the January 26 suspension.”
So far, the only thing actually affected by the suspension is the $300,000 worth of funds allocated to UNRWA this year.
White House National Security Press Secretary John Kirby said in a press conference this week: Admitted:”[T]The withheld money left little in the allotment. ” He added that the “suspension” is temporary, pending an investigation.
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