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Australia Resumes Funding For UNRWA

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MAR 2024

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story last updated JAN 31

The Spin

Pro-Palestine narrative

Israel has, to date, failed to provide evidence of any UNWRA employees' involvement in the Oct. 7 attack. The agency provides humanitarian aid to millions in Gaza; it's not a terrorist organization. As famine is imminent in the Gaza Strip, it's essential that funding is resumed by everyone, including the US, so that collective punishment against Palestinians is stopped.

www.abc.net.au

Pro-Israel narrative

The UNRWA has been complicit in Hamas' atrocious actions in Gaza, which is why resuming funding to the agency risks Australian taxpayer funds being used to support a terrorist organization. Funding shouldn't be restored until the investigation is completed, the UNRWA gets a clean chit, and its larger purpose is comprehensively reviewed.

Australian Financial Review