Following a recent investigation that found the agency is still connected to terrorism, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is requesting that the United States Congress permanently cut off funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency.
According to Moody's office, the group promotes antisemitism and incites hatred; it is associated with Hamas.
Moody and twenty-three other attorneys general demanded in a letter to Congress today that the group no longer receive any funding from the United States government, effective immediately.
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“We are demanding Congress stop funding the Hamas-tied United Nations Relief and Works Agency. This group funds antisemitic education and is tied to terrorist organizations. There is no justification to continue sending this group money, as we would never tolerate American tax dollars being used to advance antisemitic hate here at home," said Moody.
Attorney General Moody and the coalition is urging congressional leadership to stop sending U.S. funds to UNRWA permanently. The coalition argues, “On Oct. 7, UNRWA staff participated in the worst pogrom against Jews since the Holocaust.
Two months ago, 26 States wrote to Congress warning that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency was up to no good. And we were right. Not one more dollar should go to fund this organization so long as it is committed to spreading antisemitism—much less an organization 10% of which had links to foreign terror organization Hamas.”
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The coalition continues, “A recent UN-ordered investigation found that the situation is as bad as the States had predicted. That investigation found that UNRWA textbooks included antisemitic content and that UNRWA staff were violating the UN principle of neutrality with their social media posts.”
Earlier this year, Attorney General Moody previously called on Congress to suspend funding of UNRWA unless the organization engaged in serious reform.
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