Israel supporters petition court to stop Canada’s funding of UNRWA

Those in favor of Israel are pushing for the Federal court to nullify the government’s decision to persist in funding the principal UN agency aiding Palestinians.

The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs is asking the Canadian government to stop giving money to UNRWA, as it is what people whose family members were killed in the Hamas attack want.

A document says that if UNRWA workers were involved in the Hamas attack, it goes against Canada’s law on giving aid to other countries. This law says aid should be given in a way that follows Canadian beliefs.

Canada stopped giving money to UNRWA in January because the agency is looking into whether some of its employees were involved in an attack. The United States is investigating 12 staff members.

The Liberals gave back the money in March because they said the situation in the Gaza Strip was really bad and all the workers were being looked into.

CIJA thinks it’s not fair to give back the money until the investigation is finished.

The application also mentions that Israel says UNRWA has worked together with Hamas lately. But UNRWA denies this, and it says Canadian money is illegally helping a terrorist group.

Lawrence Greenspon filed a request and believes that the government can give money to help Palestinians in need through different organizations.

“He said to turn on the tap again, but use a different water fountain,” in an interview.

The UNRWA helps Palestinian refugees in the Middle East, but it’s not the same as the UN agency that helps refugees around the world. Some Jewish groups and Conservatives have criticized UNRWA for a long time.

They are saying that the agency’s staff’s social media posts are not neutral. Israel says that many workers are part of Hamas, but they have not shown the evidence to the public.

The Canadian government stopped giving money to UNRWA in 2010 because they thought it was too connected to Hamas.

Supporters of UNRWA believe it is the best organization for giving out help in Gaza and for keeping the refugee status for Palestinians who were forced to leave their homes when Israel was created and their children and grandchildren.

Last November, Melanie Joly, who is a Minister for Foreign Affairs, said good things about UNRWA for helping the people in Gaza by giving them the things they need to live. She said UNRWA is the only group that can actually do this.

The United Nations says that the recent fighting in Gaza has caused the deaths of over 175 of its aid workers. This is the highest number of aid workers killed in any conflict in the history of the UN.