The Israeli government has expelled the terrorist-linked United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) from its territory beginning on January 30.
UNRWA — which is the relief agency for Palestinians — has made headlines numerous times since the October 7 Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel and the subsequent Israel-Hamas war, but they weren’t in the news for a positive reason. Multiple news stories have shown that the organization has been infiltrated by terrorists, including the news that the bodyguard found dead alongside Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was an employee of UNRWA.
🚨REVEALED: Sinwar's bodyguard was a UNRWA teacher
DEFUND. THE. UN. pic.twitter.com/WFG1uBfNvr
— Avi Yemini (@OzraeliAvi) October 17, 2024
Sinwar was also found with a UNRWA identification card on his body.
Yahya Sinwar last moments, with covered face and injured hand throwing a stick at an IDF drone filming him.
He was found with an UNRWA ID and over $10k cash. pic.twitter.com/3FgScH2Gnw
— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) October 17, 2024
Even the far-left New York Times was forced to admit that senior school administrators at UNRWA were members of Hamas’ military wing. UNRWA members were also confirmed to have taken part in the October 7 massacre.
UNRWA teachers doubled as Hamas terrorists, they participated in the October 7th massacre.
The United States should stop funding this organization; UNRWA should be shut down. pic.twitter.com/78qHQKqHt9
— 🇮🇱 Am Yisrael Chai 🇮🇱 (@AmYisraelChai_X) December 9, 2024
After all of these bombshell reports, it appears that Israel is sick and tired of allowing these terrorists masquerading as aid workers to operate in its territory.
On January 28, Israeli ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon slammed UNRWA as a “failure” because the group allowed terrorists to infiltrate it.
“It is intolerable for any sovereign state to facilitate the operations of an agency that threatens its national security,” he said.
“This decision reflects the reality that UNRWA has miserably failed in its mandate, and it has failed the people who were supposed to benefit from its services,” Danon added.
Israel’s legislation against UNRWA takes effect today. As of today, UNRWA will be required to cease operations in Israel and vacate its facilities in Jerusalem.
No sovereign nation should tolerate a so-called humanitarian agency that collaborates with terrorists. UNRWA has… pic.twitter.com/wugT3JDTTr
— Danny Danon 🇮🇱 דני דנון (@dannydanon) January 30, 2025
Israeli Member of the Knesset (MK) Yulia Malinovsky also slammed UNRWA, arguing that it was exactly like Hamas because both groups have brought “suffering” and “destruction” to Gaza.
“I watched the hypocrisy of many countries in the U.N. Security Council this week. Their representatives spoke about how UNRWA is an indispensable part of Gaza’s reconstruction and how it cannot operate without it. Well, no, UNRWA only brings suffering to the people of Gaza, and just like Hamas, it has brought destruction to Gaza,” she said.
Malinovsky, along with several other MKs, authored the legislation banning UNRWA from operating in Israel. The bill, which passed in the Israeli parliament back in October, ordered the terrorist-linked organization to close all of its facilities in Jerusalem and to cease all official communications with Israeli officials beginning on January 30.
The Israeli MK who introduced the bill, Dan Illouz, stated during an interview with the Jerusalem Post on January 30 that UNRWA has obviously become a political arm of Palestine and a self-perpetuating bureaucracy that uses tragedy for political and financial gain.
“No other refugee population had an agency like UNRWA. Every other refugee crisis was resolved through resettlement and integration. But UNRWA did the opposite: it inflated the number of refugees, ensured they remained stateless, and indoctrinated them to believe their only future was through ‘return’ – a euphemism for Israel’s destruction,” he said.
“Their schools didn’t educate – they radicalized. Their employees didn’t provide aid – they collaborated with terrorists. Their facilities didn’t house civilians – they stored Hamas weapons,” Illouz added.
“UNRWA employees actively participated in the October 7 massacre. They murdered civilians. They helped Hamas kidnap women and children. Some of them literally fought alongside terrorists,” he asserted.
Illouz went on to note that the United Nations and foreign governments were fully aware of these facts, but still “kept sending money” to the terrorist-linked organization “to serve their own political interests.”
“If they truly cared about Palestinians, they would have dismantled UNRWA decades ago,” he argued.
UNRWA BANNED: Today in Israel, UNRWA is over.
Why?
• UNRWA Teachers Union head Fathi Shari was a Hamas terror chief—and UNRWA “didn't know”
• UNRWA school principal Suheil al-Hindi is a Hamas leader—UNRWA “didn't know”
• UNRWA HQ powered Hamas terror server—UNRWA “didn't know” pic.twitter.com/6EWQJ85KDN— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) January 30, 2025