Hillel Neuer of U.N. Watch has again pulled back the curtain on a monstrous truth the international left would rather ignore: numerous UNRWA employees — including teachers and social workers — are accused of taking part in the October 7, 2023 Hamas massacre. This is not idle rumor or partisan spin; Neuer and his organization have produced extensive documentation and public testimony that demands accountability from an institution that claims neutrality while sheltering radicals.
Israeli officials publicly identified a group of UNRWA staffers they say “actively participated” in the slaughter, and they released disturbing footage showing a UNRWA social worker dragging the body of a murdered Israeli into a vehicle on October 7. If true, these images show aid workers morphing into accomplices of barbarism — a betrayal of everything humanitarian relief is supposed to stand for.
Independent analysis by major outlets found that surveillance footage and other materials are consistent with the identification of at least one UNRWA employee at the scene, a finding the Washington Post described after its own review. The evidence, pieced together from video and open-source intelligence, paints a picture that should make every decent person demand swift justice and transparency.
The U.N.’s own internal oversight ultimately concluded that nine UNRWA employees may have been involved and were dismissed, a damning result that undercuts the agency’s repeated denials of a systemic problem. This is not a few bad apples; it is proof that the staffing and vetting at an agency we fund with taxpayer dollars is rotten to the core and must be overhauled immediately.
UN Watch’s investigations also exposed internal teacher chat groups where staff celebrated the massacre and promoted jihadist rhetoric, showing how a culture of hatred can be incubated inside institutions supposedly devoted to education and tolerance. Western governments have been pouring billions into UNRWA while being told comforting lies about its neutrality; it is past time to stop funding blind trust and start demanding real oversight.
Even U.S. officials have acknowledged the seriousness of the allegations: Secretary of State Antony Blinken called the material “highly, highly credible,” and urged UNRWA to investigate and answer for these charges. If the Biden administration believes the evidence is credible, then Washington must lead by example — cut funding until audits and prosecutions prove beyond doubt that aid is not being siphoned to terrorists.
Meanwhile the U.N. bureaucracy has shown its typical instinct to protect itself, with legal maneuvers and equivocations rather than meaningful accountability, even as individual cases emerge showing overlap between terror operatives and UNRWA employment. There can be no diplomatic immunity for murder or kidnapping; the families of the victims deserve justice and the American people deserve assurance their money is not empowering murderers.
Patriotic citizens should see this for what it is: a moral and security crisis enabled by left-wing institutions and feckless global elites. Congress and the administration must act decisively — slash funding, demand criminal investigations, strip immunity where appropriate, and ensure no U.S. dime props up organizations that tolerate or hide terrorists. Hardworking Americans will not be complicit in subsidizing the murder of innocents overseas.
