The Opposition is against the government's plan to restore funding to the primary aid organisation in the Palestinian territories.
The Opposition's home affairs spokesperson James Paterson has criticised the government’s decision to restore funding to the primary aid organisation in the Palestinian territories, repeating the Israeli government’s accusations that members of the organisation’s staff are linked with Hamas. Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Friday the government would "unpause" funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency .
Paterson said UNRWA employees "participated on the worst attack on Jewish people since the Holocaust". "My view is we shouldn’t tolerate a single Australian dollar going to a to potential terrorist," he said. "This is not the only accusation against them. Israel have been warning us for years about the behaviour of UNRWA and the warnings were ignored.
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