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"More than 70 years [after its creation], the organization has employed individuals affiliated with Hamas, a US designated foreign terrorist organization (FTO), and its schools have been used to promote antisemitism and store Hamas weapons," he said. "It is unacceptable that US taxpayer dollars are being used to fund this agency, which is why I've introduced legislation to cease US contributions to UNRWA unless the administration can certify without a doubt that the agency has no affiliation with US designation FTOs and does not support antisemitic rhetoric."<ref>[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/367779 Senate and House Republicans move to cut funding to UNRWA], '"Israel National News'', Feb 21, 2023.</ref>}}
"More than 70 years [after its creation], the organization has employed individuals affiliated with Hamas, a US designated foreign terrorist organization (FTO), and its schools have been used to promote antisemitism and store Hamas weapons," he said. "It is unacceptable that US taxpayer dollars are being used to fund this agency, which is why I've introduced legislation to cease US contributions to UNRWA unless the administration can certify without a doubt that the agency has no affiliation with US designation FTOs and does not support antisemitic rhetoric."<ref>[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/367779 Senate and House Republicans move to cut funding to UNRWA], '"Israel National News'', Feb 21, 2023.</ref>}}
====Swords of Iron====
During [[Swords of Iron]], on multiple occasions were weapons found near or beneath UNRWA facilities and even in boxes of UNRWA supply.
Exposed in Nov 2023, after testimony on UNRWA teacher holding a hostage for 50 days in harsh conditions, UNRWA tried to censor a journalist<ref>[https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/u-n-agency-for-palestinians-asks-israeli-journalist-to-remove-post-about-its-alleged-link-to-a-hostage-taker U.N. Agency for Palestinians Asks Israeli Journalist to Remove Post about Its Alleged Link to a Hostage-Taker]. Jimmy Quinn, ''NRO'', December 1, 2023</ref> and deny it. But was fact checked.<ref>Staff, [https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-776284 UNRWA fact-checked after calling report about hostage 'unsubstantiated'].
UNRWA claimed that a report that a hostage was held by a teacher in the agency's schools was "harmful and presumably gratuitous."
By ''Jerusalem Post'', 12/3/2023</ref>
===Miloon Kothari - UNHRC===
===Miloon Kothari - UNHRC===