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Old 02-09-2024, 06:53 PM   #5250
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While Israel no doubt wants UNRWA replaced with another agency after the war is over, it doesn’t appear that Israel actually wanted all funding pulled at this exact moment, for its own interests obviously.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/we-opp...ding-halt/amp/

“Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government does not support the immediate discontinuation of UNRWA, a senior Israeli official said on Tuesday as a host of Western countries moved to suspend funding for the UN relief agency for Palestinians amid allegations that roughly a dozen of its employees took part in Hamas’s October 7 terror onslaught and hundreds more are either operatives or have close ties with members.

If UNRWA ceases operating on the ground, this could cause a humanitarian catastrophe that would force Israel to halt its fighting against Hamas,” the senior Israeli official said, briefing The Times of Israel on condition of anonymity. “This would not be in Israel’s interest and it would not be in the interest of Israel’s allies either.”


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