Canada suspends UNRWA funding following allegations of staff involvement with Hamas
https://tnc.news/2024/01/27/canada-suspends-unrwa-funding/
Canada has joined the United States in suspending funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East following allegations of staff involvement in Hamas’s October 7 terrorist attacks on Israel.
This development reflects a growing concern among donor nations regarding the integrity and neutrality of international humanitarian organizations.
Canada’s minister of international development, Ahmed Hussen, released a statement Friday confirming that Canada would temporarily pause funding to UNRWA during the investigation. He said that he had spoken with the UNRWA’s Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini to express Canada’s alarm about allegations of his agency’s staff being involved in Hamas’s brutal terrorist attacks against Israel on October 7.