The Farce of UNRWA Funding

In 2022, UNRWA raised $1.175 billion, quite a haul. Of that money, $751 million came from designated programs while the balance was raised in emergency appeals.

The biggest donors by far were western countries, seemingly overcome with guilt that Palestinian Arabs haven’t been successful yet in destroying Israel.

Country2022 Contribution$ per Citizen
United States$344 million$1.01
Germany$202 million$2.43
European Union$114 million
Sweden$61 million$5.87
Norway$34 million$6.30
Japan$30 million$0.24
France$29 million$0.43
Saudi Arabia$27 million$0.75
Switzerland$26 million$2.99
Turkey$25 million$0.29
Top 10 donors to UNRWA in 2022

The Scandinavian countries of Norway and Sweden were by far the most drawn to UNRWA. Not only were they among the top ten donor countries, they far exceeded all countries on a per capita contribution – 20 times as much at Turkey.

There were only two Muslim countries in the top 10 donors, one of which isn’t Arab. Despite the trillions of petrol dollars coming from the Gulf, most countries couldn’t be bothered with sending money to UNRWA.

Some of the largest Muslim countries in the world – Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Malaysia – gave a grand total of $459,000. The total population of those four countries is 708.2 million, meaning each person gave UNRWA an average of $0.0006. Egypt, abutting Gaza with about 85 million Muslims, didn’t send a single dollar.

Consider the countries hosting UNRWA facilities including Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and “Palestine” which is not recognized by most of UNRWA’s major donors. Each only contributed “in-kind,” essentially meaning giving office space to UNRWA for free.

It’s not as though Iran doesn’t give money to Palestinians, or Qatar limits its funding to the $10.5 million it contributed in 2022. It just sends the money directly to the political-terrorist group Hamas without the pitstop at the UN.

While the United Nations might sound global, it’s funded by western democracies while serving the “global South” and agendas of dictatorships and Islamic regimes (DIRs), including 50 Muslim-majority countries. Those DIRs channel western dupes’ monies to their causes via the UN, while simultaneously directly funding the more radical parts of their agendas.

The western world is complicit in funding the fungible farce. While it knows full well that Palestinians favor terrorism and want the destruction of Israel, it sends “humanitarian” money for education and health services through the United Nations, knowing that the military component is funded directly by DIRs.

It must stop. #ShutUNRWA

United Nations in New York City

Related articles:

UNRWA Is A Front (January 2024)

The World Ignores Peaceful Dying Refugees And Obsesses Over Murdering Synthetic Refugees (July 2023)

Nexus of Terrorism Hypocrisy: UN, Qatar and Hamas (June 2021)

What’s Wrong with UNRWA (September 2018)

Shut UNRWA in Gaza Immediately (August 2018)

UNRWA’s Munchausen Disease (January 2018)

UNRWA’s Ongoing War against Israel and Jews (November 2015)

Help Refugees: Shut the UNRWA, Fund the UNHCR (September 2014)

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