r/NewsAndPolitics • u/chronicintel • 7d ago

Israel/Palestine Sweden ends funding for UN Palestinian aid agency UNRWA

https://www.reuters.com/world/sweden-will-no-longer-fund-unrwa-aid-agency-minister-says-2024-12-20/
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u/Reddit_Sucks_1401 7d ago

Sweden plans to lift its overall humanitarian aid to Gaza next year to 800 million Swedish crowns ($72.44 million) from 451 million spent this year, the foreign ministry said.

Aid will flow via several organisations including the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP), the U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF), the U.N. Populations Fund (UNFPA) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the ministry added.

I don't usually defend them, but in this case they're doing it because Israel has effectively made UNRWA useless, using a new law they created to cripple the organization

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u/Zosimas 7d ago

Have you read the article?

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u/Middle_Squash_2192 6d ago

"Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel thanked Dousa for a meeting they had this week and for Sweden's decision to drop its support for UNRWA."

This is the only relevant part of the news.

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u/starbucks_red_cup 5d ago

Even though there is no evidence of wrongdoing on Part of UNRWA.

At this point we have to ask, what is the point of the UN?