Bipartisan House bill calling for UNRWA to be permanently dismantled, replaced 'long overdue,' experts say

(JNS) — A new bipartisan bill introduced by Reps. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) and Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) to permanently dismantle and replace the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, some of whose members participated directly in the Oct. 7 attacks, is long overdue, experts told JNS.

“It’s trying to put the administration’s words into action,” Yoni Tobin, senior policy analyst at the Jewish Institute for National Security of America, told JNS on Tuesday, when the bill was introduced.

“It sort of lays out a roadmap for how to actually create not only a pathway to dismantle UNRWA but to replace it...