President Trump will sign an executive order withdrawing the US from the United Nations Human Rights Council, citing its bias against Israel. The order will also cut future funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which provides aid to Palestinians.
The president's executive order will also cut future funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, which provides aid to Palestinians.President Trump speaks to the press from the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on Jan. 30. On Tuesday, the president plans to sign on executive order pulling the U.S. out of the United Nations Human Rights Council.On Tuesday, President Trump will sign an executive order that will pull the U.S.
During his first term as president, Trump also cut ties with the UNHRC, an organization that U.S. leaders from both parties have long said has a bias against Israel. The order will also cut future funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, which provides aid to Palestinians. The Biden administration paused funding to UNRWA while the war between Israel and Hamas was ongoing, after accusations from Israel that some staffers from the agency had ties to Hamas. But anfound that there was no evidence to back that up. UNRWA is the main agency providing relief to Palestinians in Gaza.
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