‘Reprehensible’: UN slams Israeli spokesman’s comments on UNRWA chief
Al JazeeraJUL 2024
Israel Passes Bills to Deem UNRWA a Terrorist Organization
Above: Right wing activists hold a display of simulated dead bodies in ZAKA bags as they block the entrance to the UNRWA branch during a protest against the organization on March 20, 2024 in Jerusalem. Image copyright: Amir Levy/Stringer/Getty Images News via Getty Images
The Spin
Pro-Israel narrative
UNRWA has long facilitated terror and provided cover for Hamas and Islamic Jihad. Several UNRWA employees participated in Hamas' Oct. 7 massacre, which should be more than enough of a reason to once and for all get rid of the terror-adjacent organization. Indeed, UNRWA schools indoctrinate Palestinians into hating Israel, something that must finally end.
Pro-Palestine narrative
UNRWA is the only international organization with the infrastructure capable of providing humanitarian aid in Gaza. That almost all of the donor countries — most of whom are allies of Israel — have reinstated funding to the agency should indicate that Israeli claims are nonsense and entirely baseless. Attacks on UNRWA only serve to make the humanitarian situation in Gaza worse.