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Source: https://www.jpost.com/international/article-906918
Finland Discontinues UNRWA Funding
(Jerusalem Post) Goldie Katz - Finland has chosen not to renew its annual 20 million euro funding agreement with UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestine refugees, after it expires this year, Finnish Foreign Trade Minister Ville Tavio announced on Thursday. Tavio previously ordered Finland to suspend its contributions to the agency in 2024 over allegations that UNRWA employees participated in Hamas's Oct. 7, 2023, massacre, then reinstated the funding. The Israel Foreign Ministry on Friday praised Finland's decision to discontinue the funding. "It is good to see more countries recognizing the undeniable truth in light of the conclusive evidence of UNRWA employees' involvement in the October 7 massacre and UNRWA's inseparable links to Hamas. UNRWA is a hotbed of terrorism. It is part of the problem, not part of the solution."