"Janis Lenarčič," the European Union Commissioner for Crisis Management, has urgently called upon the international community with a clear and direct objective: to support the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). This appeal comes in the wake of an independent report that confirmed the lack of evidence supporting the allegations made by the occupying Zionist entity, accusing UNRWA employees of being members of "terrorist" groups, in an attempt to justify its crimes and transgressions.
In the weeks following the Israeli occupation's accusations, several donor countries suspended or froze their funding, totaling approximately $450 million. Although some countries have resumed their funding, such as Sweden, Canada, Japan, the European Union, and France, others like the United States and the United Kingdom have not yet resumed their funding.
Last month, U.S. President Joe Biden signed a law prohibiting any funding from the United States until March 2025. According to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, the freezing of funding for the relief agency in Gaza during the Israeli war has turned the sector into a humanitarian "hell."
Currently, UNRWA has sufficient funding to cover its operational costs until June. A team has been tasked with assessing whether UNRWA is making every effort to ensure neutrality.
In this context, Norway, also one of the major donors to the agency, has called upon international donors to resume funding for UNRWA and expressed concern about the impact of funding reduction on the population of Gaza following the Israeli allegations.