A growing list of countries have announced their contributions to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) would "pause" after revelations that some of its employees were active participants in the October 7 Hamas terror attack on Israel. Several UNRWA were involved in the October 7 attacks either as direct combatants or as custodians of hostages taken.

READ: NEW: United Nations Directly Implicated in October 7th Attacks, U.S. State Dept Freezes Funding

As numbers like these circulated:

✍️ Add Estonia to the list of those freezing funding to UNRWA:

🇺🇸$343.9M
🇩🇪$202.1M
🇯🇵$30.2M
🇫🇷$28.9M
🇨🇭$25.5M
🇨🇦$23.7M
🇳🇱$21.2M
🇬🇧$21.2M
🇮🇹$18M
🇦🇺$13.8M
🇫🇮$7.8M
🇮🇸$270K
🇪🇪$90K

$736.7M in funds are currently frozen, according to FY2022 donations. https://t.co/5gGkO3hEDI

— UN Watch (@UNWatch) January 28, 2024

The head of UNRWA, Philippe Lazzarini, complained

UNRWA lifesaving assistance is about to end following countries decisions to cut their funding to the Agency.

Our humanitarian operation, on which 2 million people depend as a lifeline in Gaza, is collapsing. I am shocked such decisions are taken based on alleged behavior of a…

— Philippe Lazzarini (@UNLazzarini) January 27, 2024

Stopping funding to the UNRWA is a righteous act. About 2 million people depend on UNRWA aid because it is easier than working. As an aside, portraying people living in hi-rise apartments on the Mediterranean as "refugees" is the worst sort of dishonesty. The UNRWA provided the materials and equipment to build Hamas's tunnel network. It is the UNRWA's school system that indoctrinates young Palestinians into antisemitism and preparation for suicide attacks.

BACKGROUND:

UNRWA Spokesman Gives Insane CNN Interview Amidst Hostage Scandal 

Hamas Stole Aid from the UN, and Now the UN Is Rushing to Cover It Up

UNRWA's relationship with Hamas has been public knowledge for quite a while.

Here, Hamas fighters carry off food aid. The sad fact is that UN aid, whether in Gaza, the West Bank, or Yemen, inevitably goes to support armed men.

UNRWA: Don't pull funding.
Meanwhile in Gaza: Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades with UNRWA food aid. pic.twitter.com/HPDDpJETfc

— Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) January 28, 2024

The medical system exists as an adjunct of Hamas. This video shows five Hamas gunmen using a UNRWA ambulance as a getaway vehicle.

It took me several days to find, but here it is: the rare video UNRWA doesn't want you to see.

This footage from Gaza, taken by a Reuters cameraman in 2004, shows 5 armed terrorists evacuating in a single UNRWA ambulance (!), after killing 6 IDF soldiers.

This footage… pic.twitter.com/yFljLp9Mc6

— Shlomo Fishman (@shlomo_fishman) January 28, 2024

READ: Chief of Gaza Hospital Admits He's Hamas, Clinic Was a Base, Terrorist Overlords Are 'Cowards'

The cover story that the UNRWA worked on involved in the October 7 attacks was "a few bad apples," and punishing the UNRWA for the acts of a few is unconscionable and is just nonsense. At least 3,000 UNRWA teachers participated in a group chat, cheering the terrorists on.

Just a few bad apples?

Here is our saved copy of the UNRWA Telegram group of 3,000 UNRWA teachers: https://t.co/1FgUu9Lxvo

There are 249,000 messages, replete with celebrations of Hamas terrorism: https://t.co/1avingQHvp

There is not one case where an UNRWA teacher objected.

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) January 28, 2024

Now, it seems that Biden's national security team cannot perform an easy, moral act when a convoluted, immoral alternative is available.

Wow.@JerylBier discovered that the State Department saying they were pausing funding to UNRWA only applies to new commitments. They plan to continue to use US taxpayer money to fund current projects despite evidence of the group abetting terrorism. https://t.co/zXIfqouXVV

— AG (@AGHamilton29) January 28, 2024

Though they say they've suspended funding, that only applies to new projects. Projects the Biden White House is supporting today will continue to be funded. It would be a safe bet that all the other funding suspensions are precisely the same.

The UNRWA isn't being defunded now, and when the war ends, you can bet it will be back in business with even more of your tax dollars supporting Hamas terrorism.