By Radio NZ on the NZ Herald…
New Zealand will make its annual payment of $1 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) as scheduled.
Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters has confirmed the news in a tweet.
“This follows careful consideration of the UN’s response – including through external and internal investigations – to serious allegations against certain UNRWA staff being involved in the October 7 terrorist attacks on Israel,” he said.
“It also reflects assurances received from the UN Secretary-General about remedial work underway to enhance UNRWA’s neutrality.”
Read the full story on the NZ Herald here.
Here’s what the Israel Institute of NZ said about the announcement in a recent email:
Our taxes will fund UNRWA
First, Foreign Minister Winston Peters officially announced that New Zealand will continue to fund UNRWA, including their schools that glorify the murder of Jews. Despite the decades of evidence, despite the recent revelations that UNRWA staff participated in the Oct 07 massacre, and despite our government claiming to be against extremism; Minister Peters didn’t even say he was investigating alternatives, nor did he put any conditions on the funding.
