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WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is expected on Tuesday to stop U.S. engagement with the United Nations Human Rights Council and continue a halt to funding for the U.N. Palestinian relief agency UNRWA, a White House official said on Monday. The move coincides with a visit to Washington by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has long been critical of UNRWA, accusing the agency of anti-Israel incitement and its staff of being “involved in terrorist activities against Israel.”
The U.S. was UNRWA’s biggest donor - providing $300 million-$400 million a year - but Biden paused funding in January 2024 after Israel accused about a dozen UNRWA staff of taking part in the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Palestinian militants Hamas that triggered the war in Gaza. The U.S. Congress then formally suspended contributions to UNRWA until at least March 2025. UNRWA provides aid, health and education services to millions of Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan.
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Time to consider kicking the US out of the UN. They never respect it when a ruling goes against them anyway, so let’s just drop the charade that they are members in good faith. (A few other nations need the same treatment, for sure.)
“bUt HaRrIs SuPpOrTs GeNoCiDe”
Has Harris publicly condemned any of Trump’s actions on Gaza? Silence is complicity.
It’s typically against decorum for the previous administration to judge the current one.
Trump was/is just an asshole which is why he had no problem doing it.
Well they sure showed her! Now, it’s time to collect the reward for punishing the Democrats.
That’ll teach em.
The headline is misleading. Trump is continuing a Biden-era decision.
The U.S. was UNRWA’s biggest donor - providing $300 million-$400 million a year - but Biden paused funding in January 2024 after Israel accused about a dozen UNRWA staff of taking part in the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Palestinian militants Hamas that triggered the war in Gaza.
I definitely don’t like it, but this isn’t your leopards eating faces moment either.
Exactly. People are simply naively assuming that the Democrat is automatically better for Gaza. In reality, the actual policy differences between Kamala and Trump on Gaza are minimal. Trump is just a lot ruder about it.
Hell, there’s no guarantee Harris was going to get that ceasefire in Trump’s place so there’s a real argument that Trump was better for Gaza.
and continue a halt to funding for the U.N. Palestinian relief agency UNRWA,
Maybe we should have went after the anti-genovide vote instead making sure the only two options in such an important race were pro-genocide?
Like, you know that was always an option right?
And so is not making trumpian level comments taunting people about an ongoing genocide?
Jill Stein was the third party, right? At least the biggest. The one who went for dinner with putin?
Why does that make it ok to have been forced into a dem candidate who was:
Pro-fracking
Pro-border wall
Pro-genocide
Pro-corporations
Without a primary?
Every vote Jill Stein got was due to a failure of the DNC and Biden/Kamala.
And they cost us a lot more that just didn’t vote.
Sure. Dont vote. Dont try anything at all! let the status quo continue. Or maybe, slide even further to the right
No one is advocating for people not voting…
I’m saying the DNC needs to start letting voters decide who makes it to the general via a fair primary to maximize our chances of stopping fascism.
Do you understand the difference?
Absolutely, I understand the difference and I agree.
Reality unfortunately didnt pan out that way.
Are you implying overall trump is the best result, given the options of harris, trump, stein?
But if you understand…
Why are you making trumpian jokes about an ongoing genocide?
Why aren’t you blaming the people who are actually the problem?
