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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.

  • breadsmasher@lemmy.worldEnglish
    62·
    20 hours ago

    Jill Stein was the third party, right? At least the biggest. The one who went for dinner with putin?

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      55·
      20 hours ago

      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.

      • breadsmasher@lemmy.worldEnglish
        52·
        20 hours ago

        Sure. Dont vote. Dont try anything at all! let the status quo continue. Or maybe, slide even further to the right

        • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
          34·
          20 hours ago

          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?

          • breadsmasher@lemmy.worldEnglish
            33·
            20 hours ago

            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?

            • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
              44·
              20 hours ago

              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?

                • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  43·
                  20 hours ago

                  But why are you punching down on people whose family was already victims of a genocide and continued to be in that?

                  Like, it would be just as bad as under Kamala, as I quoted in my very first reply:

                  and continue a halt to funding for the U.N. Palestinian relief agency UNRWA,

                  Biden had already cut off funding and refused to reinstate it after it was discovered the reason they were cut off was fabricated by Israel…

                  Regardless of who won, they were fucked.

                  So what exactly was your comment about if not punching down at all those people?

                  • breadsmasher@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    22·
                    20 hours ago

                    Its a sarcastic comment on trump. you are reading a lot into it.

                    and youre ignoring half of my comments