New Docs Further Show How Biden’s State Dept Ignored Warnings About Funding Hamas-Linked UN Org
- February 19, 2025
Michael Chamberlain, Daily Caller
Among the many actions President Donald Trump took during his eventful first two weeks was ruling out any resumption of American funding for the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNWRA) … again. In his executive order announcing the decision, he noted, “UNRWA has reportedly been infiltrated by members of groups long designated by the Secretary of State (Secretary) as foreign terrorist organizations.”
It was still true when the Biden State Department reversed the policy in 2021. Leadership at the departments of State and Treasury knew that. As Protect the Public’s Trust (PPT) revealed in 2023, documents showed that State officials were warned that there was “high risk” some of the $720 million they wanted to send UNRWA would end up funding Hamas and other terror groups.
They cut the checks anyway and crossed their soon to be bloody fingers.
When it came to light that at least nine UNRWA employees were suspected of joining Hamas on its Oct. 7, 2023, atrocity excursion into southern Israel, few were surprised — certainly not the State Department. The Biden administration had no choice but to stop UNRWA funding again. (Except that all but $300,000 of the $121 million budgeted for the year had already been delivered, and the administration called the halt “temporary.”)
But it was all predictable, if not inevitable.
PPT has uncovered more proof the Biden State Department was aware of the danger in restarting funding. Documents PPT recently obtained though FOIA request show Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his staff collected evidence that UNRWA was a Hamas ally and then dismissed it.