Claims Versus Facts document is its latest attempt to justify its existence and plead with donors to resume funding, but it only further reinforces why UNRWA has to go. UNRWA says the document is its response to “misinformation and disinformation” about the agency “based on objective, ascertainable facts, data, and firsthand information.” As shown below, many of UNRWA’s supposed “facts” are themselves misinformation and disinformation. More than anything else, this new UNRWA paper shows how truly adept UNRWA has become at evading and deflecting responsibility for its serious failures as a humanitarian agency.
UNRWA’s arguments can be summed up as follows: We didn’t know. No one gave us any evidence, so we don’t have to investigate. It’s Israel’s fault too. Anyway, it’s just a few bad apples. We know Palestinian Authority textbooks contain hatred and antisemitism, but we use them anyway. Don’t worry, we train our teachers. UNRWA’s been around since 1949, it’s always been this way, so why change anything now?
