Funding freeze
Senate Appropriations Committee votes to extend U.S. freeze on UNRWA funds
Sens. John Tester, Joe Manchin and Krysten Sinema voted with Republicans in favor of the continued freeze
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The UNRWA logo is seen on the vest of an employee during a visit to the Jabal El Hussein refugee camp of UNRWA, , part of a diplomatic mission to Israel and the Palestinian territories, in Amman, Jordan, Wednesday 15 May 2024.
The Senate Appropriations Committee voted on a bipartisan basis on Thursday to extend the U.S. freeze on aid to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency through at least the end of the 2025 fiscal year, making it increasingly...