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Friday, July 19, 2024
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Friday, July 19, 2024
New UK government says it is lifting block on funding of UNRWA
A Palestinian woman walks past a damaged wall bearing the UNRWA logo at a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 28, 2024. (Eyad Baba/AFP)
Britain’s new Labour government says it will resume funding to the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA.
Britain was one of several countries to halt their funding to UNRWA following accusations by Israel that some of the agency’s staff were involved in the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel.
New British Foreign Minister David Lammy tells parliament that he was reassured that the agency had taken steps to “ensure it meets the highest standards of neutrality.”
“I can confirm to the house that we are overturning the suspension of UNRWA funding, Britain will provide 21 million [pounds] in funds” to the agency, he says.
