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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
    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

            • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
              33·
              20 hours ago

              Its a sarcastic comment on trump

              I can’t possibly see how…

              “bUt HaRrIs SuPpOrTs GeNoCiDe”

              How is trump saying he’ll continue a Biden policy decision a sarcastic comment on him when Kamla couldn’t shut up about how she also wouldn’t deviate from Bidens’s policy positions on the genocide?

              Like, it’s literally true in this case, trump Biden, and Kamala would have all been the same on this issue.

                • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  23·
                  19 hours ago

                  So you can’t explain how your comment is what you claim using logic?

                  Because I can’t see a scrap in what your claiming

                  Edit:

                  I mean. When confronted with questions like this, most trumpets also use a vague claim of “sarcasm” or “just a joke bro” and then are completely incapable of explaining how that could be true…

                  So I guess I shouldn’t expect any more from some “joking” about an ongoing genocide like it’s not a serious topic.

                  • breadsmasher@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    32·
                    19 hours ago

                    Where are you getting a “logical comment” from my obvious sarcasm?

                    harris would have been better for palestine than trump.

                    Its been what, a week? Im not american - yall got four years to go. So, good luck!