{"id":12662,"date":"2024-03-05T08:14:12","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T02:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/05\/biden-administration-gave-1-2-billion-to-hamas-affiliated-u-n-agency\/"},"modified":"2024-03-05T08:14:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T02:44:12","slug":"biden-administration-gave-1-2-billion-to-hamas-affiliated-u-n-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/05\/biden-administration-gave-1-2-billion-to-hamas-affiliated-u-n-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Administration Gave $1.2 Billion to Hamas-Affiliated U.N. Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Since 2021, the Biden administration has given more than $1 billion in Palestinian aid to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), an agency discovered to have pro-Hamas employees.<\/p>\n<p>American Faith previously <a href=\"https:\/\/americanfaith.com\/u-s-suspends-funding-to-u-n-agency-after-learning-staff-allegedly-involved-in-october-7-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> that the U.S. announced it was suspending funding to UNRWA following allegations that the agency\u2019s staff was involved in the October 7 attacks against Israel.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/world\/middle-east\/at-least-12-u-n-agency-employees-involved-in-oct-7-attacks-intelligence-reports-say-a7de8f36\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wall Street Journal<\/a>, intelligence shared with the United States uncovered that an estimated 49% of UNRWA employees had \u201cclose relatives\u201d connected to \u201cmilitant groups, especially Hamas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-three percent of UNRWA\u2019s male employees were also tied to Hamas, the outlet noted.<\/p>\n<p>A 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.impact-se.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/UNRWA_Report_2023_IMPACT-se_And_UN-Watch.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a> from U.N. Watch and IMPACT alleged that schools operated by UNWRA endorse violence.<\/p>\n<p>An Islamic education exam asks students whether the statement, \u201cLiberating the Al-Aqsa Mosque and making sacrifices for it is an obligation for all Muslims\u201d is true or false. The answer is \u201ctrue,\u201d according to the document.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt employs a common Palestinian tactic of using the Al-Aqsa Mosque as a pretext to incite violence against Jews and Israelis, claiming it needs to be \u2018liberated,&#8217;\u201d the report explains.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMoreover, according to UNRWA in this exam, violence and martyrdom to \u2018liberate\u2019 Al-Aqsa are obligatory not only for Palestinians, but also for \u2018all Muslims,\u2019 thus using religion to legitimize hatred and violence against Jews and Israelis. Moreover, according to UNRWA in this exam, violence and martyrdom to \u2018liberate\u2019 Al-Aqsa are obligatory not only for Palestinians, but also for \u2018all Muslims,\u2019 thus using religion to legitimize hatred and violence against Jews and Israelis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Vice President Kamala Harris called for an \u201cimmediate ceasefire\u201d between Israel and Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>Representative Nancy Mace (R-SC) shared on X that \u201cVP Kamala Hamas \u2013 oops, we mean Harris- demands Israel give up its right to self-defense and urges the U.S. to fund Gaza, despite reports of UN aid agency UNWRA sponsoring 450 terrorists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis administration jumps at every &amp; any opportunity to put America last,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">VP Kamala Hamas \u2013 oops, we mean Harris- demands Israel give up its right to self-defense and urges the U.S. to fund Gaza, despite reports of UN aid agency UNWRA sponsoring 450 terrorists.  <\/p>\n<p>This administration jumps at every &amp; any opportunity to put America last. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R0UtKHxI8G\">https:\/\/t.co\/R0UtKHxI8G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Nancy Mace (@RepNancyMace) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepNancyMace\/status\/1764746384731693344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/americanfaith.com\/biden-administration-gave-1-2-billion-to-hamas-affiliated-u-n-agency\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since 2021, the Biden administration has given more than $1 billion in Palestinian aid to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), an agency discovered to have pro-Hamas employees. American Faith previously reported that the U.S. announced it was suspending funding to UNRWA following allegations that the agency\u2019s staff was involved in the October [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12663,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[]},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12662"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}