The Jerusalem Post: Netherlands Votes to Cut UNRWA Funding | Aid to Palestine at Risk
December 17, 2024Shame.
The Dutch House of Representatives voted in favor of an amendment to gradually phase out funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, better known as UNRWA.
If the bill passes through the Senate and is signed into law, it will cut contributions to UNRWA from €19 million to €15 million in 2025 and will continue to decrease annually until 2029 when only €1 million will be granted.
Eighty-eight members voted in favor of the amendment put forward jointly by Chris Stoffer of the Reformed Political Party (SGP) and Joost Eerdmans of the Correct Answer party (JA21), while 49 members voted against it, and 13 members were absent.
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