‘Supporters of such barbarism shouldn’t get another penny from American taxpayers’
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Feb. 2, 2024) – Attorney General Russell Coleman joined 25 other attorneys general in urging Congressional leaders to defund the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which has a shocking history of supporting terrorist activity against Israel. UNRWA is tasked with providing social services in Palestine.
In January, the U.N. agency admitted that more than a dozen of its employees participated in the Hamas terrorist massacre against Israel on October 7th. Just as troubling, the UNRWA has well-documented connections to terrorism. Other former employees include a Hamas commandant, an Islamic Jihad bomber and an alleged captor of hostages taken on October 7th. According to the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), every UNRWA school searched contained hidden weapons.
“It’s almost unthinkable that the United States would fund a group with ties to Hamas and its brutal massacre of innocents. Kentucky proudly stands with our ally Israel,” said Attorney General Coleman. “Supporters of such barbarism shouldn’t get another penny from American taxpayers.”
Since the beginning of the Biden Administration, the United States has delivered almost $1 billion to UNRWA. President Trump recognized the U.N. agency’s alarming ties with terrorism and slashed all federal funding to the group in 2018.
General Coleman joined the Iowa and South Carolina-led letter, along with Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming.
Read the full letter here.