White House preparing in case Congress makes UNRWA funding pause permanent
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State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said the Biden administration is preparing for Congress potentially making the UNRWA funding pause permanent.
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The U.S. government said it wants to see the results of the United Nations' investigation into UNRWA employees allegedly taking part in the assault by Hamas terrorists that killed more than a thousand people and saw about 250 others taken hostage into Gaza before any decisions can be made on resuming contributions.
"The supplemental request that passed the Senate contained a prohibition on funding for UNRWA," State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said at Tuesday's daily briefing. "We obviously have a pause in place for funding for UNRWA right now. We have to plan for the fact that Congress may make that pause permanent. I don’t know if that’s going to happen, and we haven’t made any determinations with respect to what the administration will do because we’re waiting on the U.N. investigation. But just as part of prudent planning, we have to plan for all possible alternatives, so we have been exploring dealing with other humanitarian agencies that could deliver humanitarian assistance."
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