Is Israel trying to combine Hamas and UNRWA to mobilize anti-Palestinian sentiment in the United States?
Around twenty countries have announced the suspension of funding to UNRWA, the agency that has provided services to Palestinian refugees since 1950.
The official reason for the suspension was Israel’s accusation that a dozen UNRWA employees in Gaza had participated in the October 7 Hamas attacks.
To understand the potential consequences of undermining UNRWA – particularly in the context of a humanitarian catastrophe – host Steve Clemons speaks with Leila Hilal, former advisor to the UNRWA commissioner general, and Anne Irfan, master lecturer at University College London and author of Refuge and Resistance: Palestinians. and the international refugee system.