Congressional watchdog says UNRWA wrong to say its report absolves agency

"Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, is wrong to claim that a U.S. Government Accountability Office report exonerates UNRWA, Latesha Love-Grayer, director of international affairs and trade at the U.S. agency, told JNS.

‘He’s taking our report’s intent further than we would have characterized it,’ Love-Grayer said. ‘We aren’t vindicating anyone.’...

The Trump administration has accused the United Nations, which is in a deep financial crisis, of irresponsible spending.

Marco Rubio, U.S. secretary of state, has called for UNRWA to be shuttered, accusing it of being ‘a subsidiary of Hamas’ and insisting UNRWA ‘is not going to play any role’ in future aid delivery in Gaza."