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Report: Trump set to sign executive order prohibiting future US funding to UNRWA
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleJacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump is reportedly slated to sign an executive order tomorrow that will prohibit future funding to the UN relief agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA, in addition to again withdrawing the US from the UN Human Rights Council.
The Biden administration froze funding to UNRWA last year, upon revelations that a number of its staff actively participated in Hamas’s October 7 onslaught. US lawmakers then passed legislation barring the resumption of funding to UNRWA until next month — a directive that the Republican-controlled Congress was almost certain to extend indefinitely.
Biden had renewed funding to UNRWA after Trump cut it during his first term, when he also pulled the US from the UN Human Rights Council, arguing that the panel was overly critical of Israel.
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