House Republicans also introduced a bill to ban U.S. funding for UNRWA. American taxpayers have shouldered almost $1 billion in funding for UNRWA since 2021, money that Rep. Ronny Jackson (R., Texas) told the Washington Free Beacon should not be spent on an “anti-Israel, anti-Jewish organization that promotes terrorism and anti-Semitism.”
“American taxpayer dollars have no place in promoting and enabling terrorism, yet that’s exactly what’s been happening with UNRWA, and I won’t stand for it any longer,” Jackson said.