Is suspending UNRWA funding following ICJ rulings collective punishment? Palestine This Week with Mouin Rabbani

02/02/2024 49 min
Is suspending UNRWA funding following ICJ rulings collective punishment? Palestine This Week with Mouin Rabbani

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In this week's MEMO review with Mouin Rabbani we discuss the shocking decision by at least 13 states to suspend funding to UNRWA. What will the ramifications be? Is the suspension of aid a form of collective punishment following the decision of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) last week? While tensions spread across the Middle East, we also look at the killing of US soldiers in Jordan and America's position as Israel’s “proxy”, leaving it open to to risk its own soldiers and interests to defend its ally.Palestine This Week with Nasim Ahmed is a weekly analytical review of the biggest stories coming out of Palestine.

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