The US has been urging other countries like Turkey and Gulf nations to increase funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) after cutting its own donations. US Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland advised Turkey to fill the funding gap left by Washington's freeze on contributions to UNRWA.
March 2011 about UNRWA. Everybody knew. Obama funded them anyway. Trump cut off that funding. Biden reversed and more broadly poured uncountable hundreds of millions into Gaza. Literally uncountable. They keep some recipients unknown even to Congress. https://t.co/vN2wzSInSz https://t.co/KXO77zOZ46
NEW: US officials secretly encouraged Turkey to increase its donations to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) shortly after Washington suspended its own funding to the organization, according to @MiddleEastEye https://t.co/jSn7xKZGXQ
US Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland told Turkish officials in late January that even though Washington had decided to freeze its funding to Unrwa, Ankara and Gulf nations should fill the gap https://t.co/qfz9gpgypF
The US encouraged Turkey to provide additional donations to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (Unrwa), despite pausing its own funding to the organisation https://t.co/7BJAcO4r1T
Biden administration appears a bit dubious here, cutting funding to UNRWA and then asking its allies to fill the budget gap. #Palestine #Gaza https://t.co/YEz4QKdAyT
A US official tried to convince Turkey to provide more funds to Unrwa after Washington froze its donations following Israeli claims that Unrwa staff were involved in the 7 October attack https://t.co/vWJOuUZF1i
US lobbies others for Unrwa funds while cutting own donations https://t.co/CGlIHn6D8Q
NEW: US lobbies others to fund UNRWA while cutting own donations • Nuland told Turkish officials in late January that Turkey and the Gulf nations should fill the funding gap left by Washington https://t.co/wQ19k0JQYs