Israel lauds Finland’s decision to end UNRWA funding, invites other nations to join, Danon says

Almost 24 hours after Ville Tavio, Finnish minister for foreign trade and development, said Finland would stop funding the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, the Israeli Foreign Ministry lauded the development.“Israel welcomes Finland’s decision to end its multi-year funding for UNRWA,” the Jewish state said on Friday. “It is good to see more countries recognizing the undeniable truth in light of the conclusive evidence of UNRWA employees’ involvement in the Oct. 7 massacre and UNRWA’s inseparable links to Hamas.”“UNRWA is a hotbed of terrorism,” the Israeli ministry said of the U.N. agency. “It is part of the problem, not part of the solution.”On Thursday, Tavio stated in Finnish that the country’s “support agreement with UNRWA ends, and funding to the Palestinian territories continues through other channels.”“The multi-year support agreement made between Finland and UNRWA during the previous” Social Democratic Party of Finland “government ends, and I have not granted…
Finland has decided to cease its multi-year funding agreement with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), a move lauded by Israel's Foreign Ministry and Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon. Finland's Minister for Foreign Trade and Development, Ville Tavio, stated that while funding to Palestinian territories will continue, it will be channeled through other organizations like the World Food Programme, not UNRWA. Israel welcomed this decision, citing "conclusive evidence of UNRWA employees’ involvement in the Oct. 7 massacre and UNRWA’s inseparable links to Hamas," calling UNRWA "a hotbed of terrorism." Danon urged other nations to follow Finland's lead, stating, "This is why the State of Israel outlawed UNRWA. I welcome the Finnish government’s decision to end funding for UNRWA and call for other nations to join us."
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