The Controversial UN Agency Accused of Aiding Hamas

A teacher is accused of holding an Israeli hostage in an attic. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says it found rockets near a school in Gaza. One house of the Swiss parliament votes to cut funding to Gaza. In the United States, Republican senators say Congress should do the same. All these recent incidents swirl around a controversial agency, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). The agency is at the heart of the refugee crisis. Some see UNRWA as a critical provider of services to beleaguered Arab populations of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, which Israelis often refer to as Judea and Samaria....