I’ve Talked About Getting Money to UNRWA by Proxy, ‘Very Upset’ Congress Defunded It

On Saturday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Weekend,” Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said the government funding bill would strip funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees. He said he was “very angry” about this. (UNRWA) Several UNRWA personnel took part in the October 7 attack because they were the only group with access to support, he said, adding: Assistance can be obtained from UNRWA or anyone else regarding accusations of “discussing with people about possible access to resources”.

Co-host Alicia Menendez said: “One more complication here, right off the bat, is the funding restrictions for UNRWA, which many progressives are very upset about.” What do you think?”

Mr. Meeks replied: We had to make this deal to keep the government open. But we know that only UNRWA can deliver aid to the people there. So, [that’s] Something that was a problem for me too. But there’s give and take when running these budgets, so we had to make some decisions. So we’re still working, and I’m working with a lot of people in other humanitarian organizations, on how we can provide them with resources and how they can get food and aid to UNRWA and the region. We’ve been talking about whether we can provide resources to someone in the. , absolutely important and essential. ”