Two former top federal officials released a memo Monday arguing for the permanent defunding and replacement of the Palestinian aid agency at the United Nations over its ties to Hamas.
The U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East’s documented connections to terrorism continue to be under the spotlight following the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attack on Israel, where roughly 1,200 people were killed. Congress recently approved a ban on funding from the United States to UNRWA until March 2025. In a joint Monday memo, two senior ex-Trump administration officials wrote that there “is no going back to the status quo,” offering that other U.N. agencies, the U.S. government, and key U.S. allies ought to fill in for UNRWA swiftly to deliver key Middle East aid.
