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Tell Congress to resume U.S. funding for lifesaving Palestinian aid
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Palestinians in Gaza are facing starvation, disease outbreaks, displacement, and continued bombardment. They are in urgent need of humanitarian aid. But the U.S. has suspended funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the main provider of aid in Gaza.
UNRWA serves almost 6 million Palestinian refugees—not only in Gaza, but also in the West Bank, including Jerusalem, and in Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria. Stopping UNRWA funds is a form of collective punishment that could lead to a humanitarian and financial crisis in multiple countries. And because no other agency can replace UNRWA's humanitarian assistance in Gaza, funding cuts could result in a complete collapse of the already restricted humanitarian response there—costing many more Palestinian lives.
The UNRWA Funding Emergency Restoration Act of 2025 was recently introduced in Congress. Please join us in sending a message to your representatives and senators and urge them to join their colleagues to restore funding for lifesaving humanitarian aid.
