U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) has publicly refuted claims by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) serves as a proxy for Hamas, labeling such allegations as "just flat-out lies" during an interview with CBS News. Van Hollen criticized the accusations against UNRWA, highlighting the agency's role in providing aid and education in Gaza and beyond. He warned that cutting funding to UNRWA could lead to increased starvation among Palestinian refugees. The controversy stems from Netanyahu's long-standing efforts to discredit UNRWA, amid reports of the agency's employees' involvement in the 10/7 terrorist attack on Israel and the alleged storage of weapons for Hamas within its facilities, including schools that teach kids to hate Jews.
Claims that UNRWA is Hamas “proxy” are “just flat-out lies,” Sen. Chris Van Hollen says https://t.co/cQD6Ii5VS0
🇮🇱🇺🇸🛑 Sen Chris Van Hollen calls out Netanyahu’s BS on UNRWA somehow being a proxy for Hamas: “That’s a flat out lie” https://t.co/3HNN2eb73M
BREAKING: US SENATOR CHRIS VAN HOLLEN SAYS ALLEGATIONS UNRWA COLLABORATED WITH HAMAS ARE FLAT OUT LIES https://t.co/CCawbj4AYM
Sen. Chris Van Hollen ripped into Israel’s allegations that the United Nations’ Palestinian refugee agency is a proxy for Palestinian militant group Hamas, arguing the accusations are an attempt by Benjamin Netayanhu to eliminate the agency. https://t.co/Svi7qJgEDg https://t.co/P2xmCe8Uzb
US Senator Chris Van Hollen told CBS NEWS: • Claims that UNRWA aids “terrorism” are outright lies. • Netanyahu has been trying to get rid of UNRWA for years, not just in Gaza. • Cutting funding to UNRWA means more people will starve, and this is a serious mistake. •… https://t.co/3O81gGUSly
Democrat Sen. Chris Van Hollen says claims that "UNRWA is a proxy for Hamas are just flat-out lies." UNRWA employed a dozen people involved with the 10/7 terrorist attack on Israel, has been complicit in storing Hamas weapons, and runs schools that teach kids to hate Jews. https://t.co/IvxTgZq6vS
Claims that UNRWA is Hamas "proxy" are "just flat-out lies," Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) says - CBS News https://t.co/oAwdllb74B
This is how much the US/Israel relationship has changed. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) says Netanyahu is lying, "There's no doubt that claims that Prime Minister Netanyahu and others are making that somehow UNRRA is a proxy for Hamas are just flat out lies. That's a flat-out lie." https://t.co/00cEB1Pynv