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**I’m questioning the validity of this latest Israeli claim based on the timing of this claim is being brought to light. Right after the ICJ ruling.**

 **Am also question why based on allegations made by Israel would funding be cut to this aid agency at all?**

**Of course weasel wording will be bolded. This move by the US and Canada could be seen as assisting Israel in bringing more harm to the Palestinians**.

[**This story broke shortly after the ICJ ruling**](https://english.aawsat.com/arab-world/4815396-us-cuts-funding-un-aid-agency-gaza)

> The Biden administration has temporarily suspended assistance to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees **following allegations** that some of its employees took part in the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel.

> The State Department said Friday it was “extremely troubled” **by the allegations** and had paused additional aid to the UN Relief and Works Agency **pending a review of the claims** and any action the UN takes to address them.

> Lazzarini said **Israeli authorities provided his agency with information about the alleged involvement** of several employees in the attacks. **The refugee agency, which provides education, medical care and welfare services to hundreds of thousands of Gaza’s 2.3 million people,** has tens of thousands of employees.

**The alleged perpetrators have been fired. So why cut the funding to an agency that provides education, medical care and welfare services to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians?**

**Of course, Canada follows the leader**

###### [Canada immediately suspending UNRWA funding after employees implicated in Oct. 7 attacks](https://ottawacitizen.com/news/demands-for-canada-to-suspend-unrwa-funding)

> **This follows an announcement by the U.S government** Friday that [it was immediately pausing funding](https://nationalpost.com/news/u-s-suspends-unrwa-funding-after-allegations-that-12-staff-took-part-in-oct-7-attack) for the the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), after evidence **presented by the Israeli government this week alleged 12 of the agency’s employees**

**Israel *alleges* 12 employees, just 12, from an agency that employs tens of thousands, were involved in the Oct. 7 attacks**, **so funding that assists 100’s of thousands of human beings in Palestine has to be paused?**

> The move **comes after Jewish groups demanded that Canada follow the U.S. lead on suspending funding for the agency.**

> U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller confirmed on Friday that ***12 UNRWA employees were allegedly involved*** in the brutal Hamas-led terror attack.

**Are you getting a justification for a US veto at the UN kind of vibe?**