After an investigation found that nine employees of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East may have been directly involved in the Hamas terror attacks in Israel on Oct. 7, Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) renewed calls for Washington to cut off the agency’s funding.
“We should never give another penny to antisemitic, terrorist-supporting UNRWA,” wrote the member of the Senate Committee on Finance.
Some 10 days after the Hamas attack, Blackburn co-sponsored legislation to defund UNRWA.
“It is clear that U.S. aid intended for the Palestinian people has repeatedly ended up in the hands of terrorists,” she stated at the time. “UNRWA teachers and educational materials call for the murder of Jews, and the Biden administration should immediately halt all funding for the agency. The U.S. government should not be funding terrorists.”