Over $7 Billion in US Funding Went to UN Agency Whose Employees Accused in October Attack in Israel

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo criticized the aid agency of being ‘riddled with waste, fraud, and concerns of support to terrorism.’

Palestinians stand at the entrance of the UNRWA-run University College for Educational Science Ramallah city in the West Bank on Jan. 29, 2024. Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP via Getty Images

The United States has provided more than $7.1 billion to the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) since the agency was established in 1950, a Congressional Research Service (CRS) report shows.

The Biden administration announced on Jan. 26 that it had temporarily paused unobligated U.S. funding to UNRWA after allegations first surfaced that 12 UNRWA employees were involved in the attacks against Israel by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023.