Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) discussed a Washington Examiner report on Hamas-owned cryptocurrency as part of a House floor speech this week calling for the Palestinian aid agency of the United Nations to be defunded over terrorism ties.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee member in a Wednesday speech excoriated the U.N. Relief and Works Agency, which faces an uncertain future after Israel’s claim that its staff participated in the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attack against Israelis prompted the United States and other countries to halt aid to it. Burchett introduced a resolution last week asking the Departments of State and Treasury to investigate “whether any cryptocurrencies were exchanged between Hamas and UNRWA” following a Washington Examiner report on Feb. 2 that revealed that an Israeli firm called Lionsgate Network is tracking cryptocurrency donations to UNRWA to uncover potential terrorism connections.
