Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America, called on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees to reform its operations. In a resolution passed at its national convention this week, Hadassah condemned UNRWA for ignoring, and therefore permitting, terrorist activity emanating from Palestinian refugee camps, and urged the United States to audit the use of its tax dollars by UNRWA.
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