Saturday 1-2pm

ISRAEL’S WAR ON THE U.N. with MARA KRONENFELD

The Executive Director UNRWA USA describes how important UNWRA has been in Gaza for decades, and how Israel’s targeted destruction of UNWRA infrastructure is an attack on all civilian life in Gaza.

For millions of Palestinians, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) is more than just a humanitarian organization — it is a lifeline. For 75 years, it has provided crucial infrastructure support and sustained a population facing heavy repression at the behest of Israel. For the past 22 months, the organization has proved as important as ever in the midst of genocide.

UNRWA and its facilities have provided schools, hospitals, cafeterias and more for Palestinians when no other help existed. Precisely because it is sometimes the sole entity continuing to keep Palestinians alive, Israel targets them and has killed 310 staff members in Gaza.

On this episode of The Chris Hedges Report, host Chris Hedges is joined by Mara Kronenfeld, Executive Director of UNRWA USA. Kronenfeld details the assaults on UNRWA by the Zionist entity, from the brutal bombings of schools and shelters in Gaza to the farcical legal battles waged against it in the United States.

“When there are attempts to eradicate UNRWA in Gaza, it’s not just eradicating the helpers, the key humanitarians… they’re destroying the educators… [and] doing further damage to any commercial activity, the ability for people to pay for those goods and services that are desperately needed by starving people today,” Kronenfeld tells Hedges.