DANNY DANON: UN has failed Gaza. It’s time for a new era

UNRWA is accused of employing Hamas terrorists who actively took part in the Oct.7 Hamas terror massacre in southern Israel. Israel's ambassador to the world body lays out why the agency needs to go.

Ambassador Danny Danon is Israel’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations. 

UNRWA was established in 1949, a year after the establishment of the State of Israel. While refugees around the world have relied on temporary aid from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the Palestinians have had an agency of their own. But this unique agency was created not to solve a problem, but to preserve one. UNRWA has entrenched Palestinians’ status as permanent refugees and has ensured that generations remain locked in hatred and rejectionism.