{"id":2199406,"date":"2024-03-14T19:27:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T23:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unrwa-funding-emerges-as-sticking-point-as-lawmakers-work-to-avoid-partial-government-shutdown\/"},"modified":"2024-03-14T19:34:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T23:34:34","slug":"unrwa-funding-emerges-as-sticking-point-as-lawmakers-work-to-avoid-partial-government-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unrwa-funding-emerges-as-sticking-point-as-lawmakers-work-to-avoid-partial-government-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawmakers Grapple with UNRWA Funding to Prevent Partial Government Shutdown"},"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\">20<\/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%2Funrwa-funding-emerges-as-sticking-point-as-lawmakers-work-to-avoid-partial-government-shutdown%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=2199406&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--><h2>Deadlock\u200c Over UNRWA Funding Threatens Government\u200b Spending Bills<\/h2>\n<p>In the heated\u2062 arena of Congressional negotiations,\u2063 a <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/75-of-all-u-s-voters-69-of-black-voters-support-voter-id-laws-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-election-integrity-debate\/\" title=\"75% Of All U.S. Voters, 69% Of Black Voters Support Voter ID Laws: Everything You Need To Know About The Election Integrity Debate\">contentious debate<\/a> over financing\u2064 the United Nations Relief and Works Agency\u2063 (UNRWA)<\/b> is \u200bchallenging the passage of crucial government \u2064spending legislation. The\u2063 pivotal talks come at\u200b a pressing moment as the clock ticks towards potential funding gaps.<\/p>\n<p>The call for \u2063a\u2063 finance freeze began when \u2063the U.S., alongside many nations, \u2063withdrew\u2062 support from the UNRWA following <b>grave accusations from Israel<\/b>. Allegedly,\u2062 agency staff were\u2064 implicated in\u2062 the harrowing Oct. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/employee-at-usaid-contractor-celebrated-terrorist-attack-against-israeli-civilians\/\" title=\"Employee at USAID Contractor Celebrated Terrorist Attack Against Israeli Civilians\">7 terror attack<\/a>, where Hamas&#8217;\u2062 brutality claimed over a\u200d thousand lives and led to the abduction \u200dof\u2062 hundreds.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The \u2062UNRWA&#8217;s integrity was further compromised\u2063 when \u2064a\u200c U.N. Watch\u200c report emerged, citing instant\u2062 and unsettling praise from staff for the terrorist onslaught. These damning revelations have provoked widespread skepticism, not least concerning \u200canti-Semitic narratives \u2063laced within UNRWA-controlled educational material.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>January saw the organization\u200b reluctantly dismiss a dozen implicated in the attack post substantiation, but further revelations implicate \u200beven more staff in \u2064Hamas affiliations.<\/p>\n<h3>Legislative Rift Over UNRWA Funding<\/h3>\n<p>Senate&#8217;s recent supplementary funding proposal carried a\u2063 clause that could significantly trim UNRWA&#8217;s fiscal \u2063wings. \u2064This\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rumors-swirling-desantis-will-likely-drop-out-of-race-on-january-15-report\/\" title=\"DeSantis rumored to withdraw from race on Jan 15: Report\">potential\u200c withdrawal<\/a> has set a stark divide\u2014Republicans urge for persistent embargo\u200b within the \u200bupcoming State and Foreign Operations appropriations, whereas Democrats strive for a nuanced stance, advocating conditional funding.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Senator John Kennedy&#8217;s\u200c (R-LA)<\/b> trenchant \u200bcritique question the very foundation of U.S. contributions to the U.N.<\/li>\n<li><b>Conversely, Senator Chris Coons\u200c (D-DE)<\/b> \u200bmakes a \u2063poignant\u2063 case for humanitarian differentiation,\u200b citing the life-sustaining aid\u200c UNRWA furnishes\u2063 to millions outside of Gaza.<\/li>\n<li><b>Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI)<\/b> echoes Jordan&#8217;s King Abdullah&#8217;s insights that the region&#8217;s stability pivots on\u200c UNRWA&#8217;s uninterrupted support.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Fiscal conservatism\u2062 from Republicans persists, particularly\u2062 given the\u2063 $370 million already\u200d expended by the agency this year. They remain wary, challenging further cash injections<\/p>\n<h3>The\u200d Uncertain Future for \u200cUNRWA<\/h3>\n<p>Though\u200b <b>Senate accorded a hefty \u2064humanitarian package<\/b>, its House destiny dangles, with Speaker Mike Johnson&#8217;s (R-LA) defiance against a vote ushering great uncertainty.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;UNRWA is but \u2063a veneer,&#8221; decries Rep.\u2062 Brian Mast (R-FL), House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee\u200d on \u2063Oversight and Accountability&#8217;s\u2064 chairman, painting\u200c the agency as a covert Hamas benefactor.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As policymakers grapple with\u200d this financial quagmire, the existential\u2062 threat looms large \u2063for \u2063myriad agencies dependent on a swift and amicable\u200d resolution before March\u2062 22.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-struggles-to-turn-democratic-support-into-trust-with-swing-voters\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris Faces Challenges Gaining Swing Voter Trust Despite Democratic Backing\">political tightrope walk<\/a> where\u200b bipartisan accord is the safety net\u2014the \u2064world watches as Washington tackles this \u200cdefining \u2062dilemma.<\/p>\n<p><i>With \u200binsights from Emily Jacobs.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Negotiations for the upcoming government spending bills hit a snag over disagreements concerning United Nations Relief and Works Agency funding, following a collective aid suspension led by the U.S. after allegations from Israel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2657,"featured_media":2199407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24064793143115-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2199406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24064793143115-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2199406","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\/2657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2199406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2199406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2199407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2199406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2199406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2199406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}