BREAKING: Termination of UNRWA Gaza employees raises serious questions about Canada's continued support for the agency.
The participation of UNRWA employees in the deadliest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust has been extensively documented. Despite UNRWA's refusal to fully acknowledge this reality, the decision to terminate 70 of its staff members in Gaza speaks for itself and should be a wake-up call for the Government of Canada: Canadian taxpayer dollars should never fund organizations linked to terror, incitement, or antisemitism.
Public funds should only be provided to organizations that uphold Canadian values and international human rights standards. UNRWA fails that test.
That is why, in 2024, Canadian families of October 7 victims and CIJA launched a legal challenge to the federal government's decision to restore funding to UNRWA.
We will continue to hold the government accountable.
On June 11, the Commissioner-General ad interim of UNRWA, Christian Saunders, took the decision to terminate the employment of 70 UNRWA staff members in Gaza with immediate effect. The decision was taken further to an assessment of the safety and security of UNRWA operations in Gaza.
Read the full statement:
unrwa.org/newsroom/official-…