{"id":2160550,"date":"2024-01-26T18:23:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T23:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-pauses-funding-to-u-n-relief-and-works-agency-over-claims-of-staff-involvement-in-hamas-oct-7-attack\/"},"modified":"2024-01-26T18:25:49","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T23:25:49","slug":"u-s-pauses-funding-to-u-n-relief-and-works-agency-over-claims-of-staff-involvement-in-hamas-oct-7-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-pauses-funding-to-u-n-relief-and-works-agency-over-claims-of-staff-involvement-in-hamas-oct-7-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"US halts funding to UN Relief and Works Agency due to alleged staff involvement in Hamas attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-pauses-funding-to-u-n-relief-and-works-agency-over-claims-of-staff-involvement-in-hamas-oct-7-attack%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2160550&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Palestinian teachers sit in front of the headquarters of the United Nations\u2063 Relief and Works Agency for Refugees \u200d(UNRWA) in Gaza City during a general strike \u200cof employees in UNRWA institutions in the \u200cPalestinian strip.\u200d (Photo by MOHAMMED \u200dABED\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke \u200cMallory<\/a><br \/>3:12 \u2063PM \u2013 Friday, January 26, 2024<\/h2>\n<p>Due to numerous claims\u2064 that United Nations (UN) staff members\u2064 were involved in the Hamas attacks \u200don October 7<sup>th<\/sup>, the \u200bU.S. \u2063has decided \u2062to\u200c suspend financing for UNRWA, the UN\u2019s organization for Palestinians.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unrwa.org\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.unrwa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UNRWA<\/a>, the \u200dagency\u200b has now fired \u201cseveral employees\u201d and launched an inquiry into data provided by Israel. However, many reports have \u2063stated that at least 12 employees were discovered to have been directly \u200binvolved in \u2064the attack.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;These are not conditions \u200cmeant \u2064for\u200b human beings&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JulietteTouma?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JulietteTouma<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Situation in\ud83d\udccd<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Gaza?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Gaza<\/a> absolutely \u200cdesperate.<\/p>\n<p>Wherever you look, there are people displaced, exhausted after 3.5 months of brutal war.<\/p>\n<p>People will die as a result of the siege: hunger, disease, lack of \u2063health care. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YSJ7gK4Upv\">pic.twitter.com\/YSJ7gK4Upv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UNRWA (@UNRWA)\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UNRWA\/status\/1750834829044629955?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Antonio Guterres, the secretary-general of the\u200d UN, \u200bexpressed his horror at the news and demanded a prompt investigation.<\/p>\n<p>In the historic and \u200dtragic attack, Hamas killed at least 1,200 individuals, the majority of them civilians.<\/p>\n<p>250 individuals were also kidnapped during the incident.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ask yourself, Kaitlyn, why \u200dyou are the only one\u2062 surprised\u2026why average citizens knew this\u2062 and you \u2062\u201c The journalist\u201d did not.. It might be eye-opening for you.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Carrie (@CarrieJane777) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CarrieJane777\/status\/1750924237211103477?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The U.S. State Department declared\u200c that it was \u201cextremely troubled\u201d by\u2063 the claims that\u2062 UN\u2062 staff members were\u2062 involved in the\u200c attack \u200band announced its intention to temporarily cease funding.<\/p>\n<p>Israel purportedly sent UNRWA \u201cinformation about the alleged involvement \u2062of several UNRWA employees \u200bin the horrific attacks on Israel on October 7,\u201d according to UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini, who made the announcement \u200don Friday.<\/p>\n<p>He claimed that \u2063UNRWA has now cut its relations with many \u2062staff \u200band\u200d that they \u2064are currently under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli prime minister\u2019s advisor revealed to the <em>BBC<\/em> that \u201cpeople who are on \u2062their \u200c [UNRWA] salaries\u201d\u2062 were involved in the Hamas assaults on October 7<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, teachers employed \u2062by the \u2063UNRWA had \u201copenly celebrated\u201d the October 7<sup>th<\/sup> \u2063 attack, according to Mark Regev, a senior\u2063 advisor to the Israeli Prime Minister\u200b and former Israeli ambassador to the U.K.<\/p>\n<p>He also mentioned that \u2062an Israeli abductee claimed to have been \u201cheld in the house of\u2062 someone who worked for UNRWA\u201d before she\u200c was later freed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThey have\u200b a union which is controlled by Hamas and I think it\u2019s high time that the UN\u200b investigated these links\u2062 between UNRWA and Hamas,\u201d\u2064 Regev added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The investigation was requested by UN \u2064Chief \u200cAntonio Guterres, according to Lazzarini.<\/p>\n<p>He went on\u200c to say that the probe had to ensure that any UNRWA staff \u2063member \u201cshown to have participated [in] or abetted\u201d the October 7<sup>th<\/sup> \u2063 attack was fired and that paperwork was submitted for possible criminal prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, Guterres\u2019s request for \u2064a \u201cthorough and swift investigation\u201d was warmly \u200creceived in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, \u2063the EU said in a statement that \u200cit was \u201cextremely concerned\u201d about \u2064the claims and that \u200cit would decide what \u2063to \u200bdo next \u201cbased on the \u200dresult of the full and comprehensive investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The\u200d EU, the U.S., and Germany \u2064are a few of\u2062 UNRWA\u2019s major financial supporters.<\/p>\n<p>The UNRWA provides aid and\u200d other resources to Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon by offering them healthcare, education, and humanitarian relief, financially backed \u2064by U.S. tax dollars.<\/p>\n<p>Stay \u200binformed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox\u200c for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Biden\u2019s former Special \u200dEnvoy to Iran, Robert Malley, \u200cwho was suspended last year\u200d and is\u2063 under \u2064federal \u200dinvestigation for allegedly mishandling classified material, will be teaching a course\u200c at Yale.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The U.S.\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/investigative-journalist-on-exposing-unrwa-years-before-biden-administration-halts-funding\/\" title=\"Investigative journalist uncovers UNRWA issues pre-Biden funding halt\">temporarily pauses funding<\/a> to the\u200c U.N. Relief\u2063 and Works Agency, amid allegations that twelve workers were involved in the October\u200b 7th attacks on Israel. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>In the second part of an\u200d exclusive\u200b interview, Representative Andy\u200c Biggs talks about the meetings Georgia attorney Nathan Wade had with the January 6th Committee and the White House while working\u2064 on an indictment of\u200d President Trump for Fulton County District Attorney Fani\u200c Willis.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>CEO Of Openthebooks.Com Adam Andrzejewski tells One America News that the\u200b cost of illegal immigration at the Southern Border has hit a record\u2064 of at least $20 billion in just the\u2062 last two years.\u2064 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Intel\u00a0slumped more than\u200b 12% on Friday following a bleak first-quarter \u2063revenue \u2062outlook<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Microsoft\u00a0will let\u2063 go of 1,900 employees at Activision Blizzard and\u2062 Xbox this week.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Tesla\u00a0tumbled nearly 11% on Thursday after \u2064CEO Elon Musk warned sales growth would slow \u2062this year despite\u200d price cuts.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Tesla\u00a0has told suppliers it wants to start production \u2062of a new mass market electric vehicle codenamed \u201cRedwood.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \u2063 rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> What evidence is there\u200b to support the allegations\u2063 of UNRWA \u200cstaff involvement in the Hamas attacks on October 7th?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  U.S. Suspends Financing for UNRWA Following Allegations of Staff \u200dInvolvement in Hamas Attacks&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b United Nations Relief\u2064 and Works\u200c Agency for\u2064 Refugees (UNRWA), the UN&#8217;s organization for Palestinians, is facing a major setback as the\u2062 United States has\u2063 decided to suspend\u2064 its financing. This decision comes in the wake of numerous claims that UN \u2064staff members were involved in\u200c the Hamas attacks that took place on October 7th.<\/p>\n<p>According to UNRWA,\u2063 the \u200bagency has taken\u2063 action by firing\u2064 several employees and launching an inquiry into the data provided\u2064 by Israel. \u2062However, reports suggest that at least 12 employees were directly involved in the attack, raising concerns about \u200cthe agency&#8217;s ability to prevent such incidents.<\/p>\n<p>The news of staff involvement in the attacks\u200b has shocked \u200cthe international community, including Antonio Guterres,\u2063 the Secretary-General of the UN, who has \u2062demanded a prompt investigation into the matter. The attack carried out by Hamas resulted \u2064in the \u200bdeath of at least 1,200 individuals, the majority of \u2063whom\u2062 were civilians. Additionally, 250\u2063 individuals were kidnapped during the incident, highlighting the severity of the situation.<\/p>\n<p>In response to these claims,\u2063 the U.S. State Department expressed its extreme \u200bconcern and announced the temporary suspension\u2063 of\u200b funding. Israel reportedly provided UNRWA with information regarding the alleged involvement of several \u200cemployees in \u2062the\u200b attacks. UNRWA chief Philippe \u2064Lazzarini confirmed that the agency had severed ties with\u200d many staff members and initiated an \u2064investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, it has been revealed \u2064that teachers employed by UNRWA openly celebrated the October 7th attack. \u200cMark Regev, a senior \u2064advisor\u2062 to the Israeli Prime Minister, also mentioned \u200dthat an Israeli abductee claimed\u2064 to have been held captive in the house \u200dof someone working for UNRWA.<\/p>\n<p>Taking these allegations into\u200d account, Regev emphasized\u200b the importance of investigating the links between UNRWA and Hamas, particularly since the \u2063union representing UNRWA employees is controlled by Hamas. UN \u2062Chief \u200bAntonio Guterres has requested\u2062 a thorough and swift investigation,\u200c which has been positively \u200breceived\u2063 in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>The European Union (EU), another\u2063 major financial supporter of UNRWA, \u2063has expressed its deep concern\u2063 about the claims. It has stated\u2064 that its next steps will \u200bbe determined based on the outcome\u200d of the full and comprehensive investigation.<\/p>\n<p>UNRWA plays a pivotal role in providing aid and resources\u200d to Palestinians\u200b in various regions. The\u2062 organization supports healthcare, education, and humanitarian relief efforts in Gaza, the West Bank, Jordan, \u200dSyria, and Lebanon, with financial backing from countries like the U.S., the EU, and Germany.<\/p>\n<p>As this investigation unfolds, it is crucial to ensure that anyone found to have\u2063 participated or abetted \u2064the attack is held accountable. The results of the investigation will have \u2062far-reaching \u2063implications for UNRWA&#8217;s future and its ability to fulfill \u2064its mandate effectively.<\/p>\n<p>In a time when humanitarian organizations should be focusing on alleviating\u200d the suffering of\u200b those in \u2063need, it is disheartening to see allegations of \u2063staff involvement in such heinous acts. \u200bThe truth \u2064must be uncovered,\u200d justice must prevail, and steps must be taken to prevent a recurrence of such incidents in the future. The \u2064international \u200dcommunity must stand together in \u200dholding all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teen-who-lost-legs-in-car-accident-sues-st-louis-after-man-allegedly-responsible-was-out-on-bond\/\" title=\"Teen sues St. Louis after accident; responsible man out on bond.\">responsible parties accountable<\/a> and ensuring that the innocent are \u2064protected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Palestinian teachers stage a general strike at the UNRWA headquarters in Gaza City. The employees of UNRWA institutions in the Palestinian strip demand attention to their grievances. (Photo: MOHAMMED ABED\/AFP via Getty Images) OAN\u2019s Brooke Mallory reports multiple claims on Friday, January 26, 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1866,"featured_media":2160551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[542],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2160550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2160550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1866"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2160550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2160550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2160551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2160550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2160550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2160550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}