UK Resumes UNRWA Funding as Lammy Urges Israel-Hamas Ceasefire
- First policy shift by Keir Starmer’s new Labour government
- Landslide election win marred by votes lost over Gaza stance
Displaced Palestinians build temporary shelters at a camp operated by UNWRA, in Khan Younis, Gaza.
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The UK will resume funding to the United Nations Palestinian aid agency, UNRWA, as part of Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s first intervention on the conflict in Gaza since winning a landslide UK election this month.
“Humanitarian aid is a moral necessity in the face of such a catastrophe and it is aid agencies who ensure UK support reaches civilians on the ground,” Foreign Secretary David Lammy told the House of Commons on Friday. “No other agency can deliver aid at the scale needed. It will be vital for future reconstruction and it provides critical services to Palestinian refugees in the region.”