Israel's ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, calls for the disbandment of UNRA, and says following the hearing held last night in the US Congress on the agency's failures, that he "welcomes the hearing and the administration's decision to suspend support for UNRA".
According to him, "Now, when it has been proven that UNRWA not only aids terrorism, but is actually part of the terrorist organization Hamas that murders women and children, I call on all the donor countries not to renew their funding until a thorough and comprehensive examination of all the employees of the terrorist agency and its activities.
The goal must be the complete dissolution of UNRWA because the rotten UN mechanisms - currently have no real ability to monitor.
Another mechanism must be built that will be supervised to ensure that it is not used for terrorism and the perpetuation of the conflict."
Weapons in UNRA agency bags (archive)
These words come after a very harsh criticism of UNRA that was heard in a dramatic debate held in the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives in Washington, and which was interrupted by opponents of Israel sitting in the audience.
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During the debate, a number of members of Congress from both parties and outside experts attacked the organization for its involvement in terrorism and the long-standing education to hate Jews and Israel.
Congressman Chris Smith, who initiated the debate, noted that "the Trump administration stopped funding for UNRWA, the Biden administration renewed it in 2021 and since then has given the organization a billion dollars.
I don't understand why they did it."
Richard Goldberg, from the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy, told the members of the committee that "October 7 is a logical result of UNRWA", and noted: "US support for UNRWA is not a temporary glitch but a structural one." He repeated the many instructive proofs of the affinity between UNRWA and Hamas, to terrorism and hate education, and added: "Everyone agrees that the residents of Gaza should receive the essential aid, but there are other organizations that will do so without supporting terrorism - the United Nations Refugee Organization, the United Nations Food Organization, the Children's Organization The United Nations, and so on."
UNRA headquarters in Gaza, photo: AFP
Marcus Schiff, from the "Impact C" Institute, emphasized that UNRA's education system fosters sympathy for terrorism.
They learn arithmetic by counting dead terrorists.
UNRA is not suitable for its role," he said.
Hillel Neuer, from the UN WATCH organization, called for "stopping support for UNRWA for good."
It is not about rotten apples but part of the method.
1,200 workers who are members of Hamas, 3,000 teachers who celebrated the massacre, many institutions that were used for terrorism.
The purpose of the agency is to continue the war of 1948 and dig tunnels with the dream of destroying Israel."
The jurist Dr. Lara Rodman said that "Reforms are needed in UNRWA, but the agency is irreplaceable. Even the Israelis I worked with for years said so."
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