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Saturday, January 27, 2024
Italy joins countries suspending financing for UNRWA
Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, left, talks with Foreign Minister Israel Katz at Yad Vashem the World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem, Israel, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Italy has decided to suspend financing of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani says.
The decision follows allegations that some UNRWA workers were involved in the October 7 attacks in Israel carried out by Hamas, though Tajani made no direct reference to those suspicions.
“The Italian government has suspended financing of the UNRWA after the atrocious attack on Israel on October 7,” Tajani posts on social media platform X, adding that some of Italy’s allies had already taken the same decision.
