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Tuesday, February 18, 2025
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Tuesday, February 18, 2025
UK said reconsidering UNRWA funding after released British-Israeli hostage told Starmer she was held in agency facilities
Emily (right) and Mandy Damari on the phone to UK PM Keir Starmer, January 31, 2025. (Courtesy)
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office confirms to Channel 12 that it has formally decided to again reconsider its over $16 million in annual funding to the UN relief agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA.
The decision comes after Starmer’s phone call with recently released British-Israeli hostage Emily Damari who told the premier that she was held during parts of her captivity in UNRWA facilities and that she did not receive necessary medical treatment.
