GOP lawmaker introduces bill to 'stop all' taxpayer funds to UNRWA over Hamas ties: 'Monstrous atrocities'
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GOP Rep. Chris Smith has introduced a bill stopping U.S. taxpayer dollars from going to UNRWA, a United Nations agency accused of providing support to Hamas.
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The United States may not make any voluntary or 9 involuntary contributions to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East 2 (referred to in this Act as ‘‘UNRWA’’), to any successor or related entity, or to the regular budget of the United Nations for the support of UNRWA or a successor entity," the bill states.
The Biden administration has sent hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to UNRWA, reversing a Trump decision to cut funding to the group, which it says is an effort to provide humanitarian aid while critics say the group is "effectively a branch of Hamas."