Sweden under fire for suspending financial support to UNRWA
Sweden under fire for suspending financial support to UNRWA | Sweden has come under sharp criticism from a number of experts over its decision to suspend financial support to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, or UNRWA, due to Tel Aviv’s allegations that some of its staff members were involved in Hamas’s Oct. 7 military operation against Israel. 💬 "It is catastrophic that Sweden has cut humanitarian aid to UNRWA, above all because it has not even seen any evidence of Israel's accusations," Beatrice Fihn, a lawyer and former executive director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) who specializes in international law and works for the law firm Lex International in Geneva, told the local Expressen newspaper. "There is no other organization that has the built-up capacity to get the necessary help out quickly,” Fihn added.