“Any discussion of humanitarian suffering that does not begin with the release of the hostages is not an honest discussion.”

“The secretary-general has spoken out repeatedly at the horrors we have seen in this conflict,” said a spokesman for the UN secretary-general.

“The full story of funding Hamas is vast, and much of it was done in secret,” Sen. Ted Cruz wrote about an exposé maintaining the aid agency financed terrorism.

The United Nations approved the establishment of the State of Israel in 1947, but ever since has set itself against the Jewish state, going so far as to openly align with those seeking its destruction.

Terror groups “significantly influence the policies and practices of a UN agency with 30,000 employees.”

“The Security Council must stand with Israel and condemn these attacks,” said Danny Danon, Israel’s U.N. ambassador.

“Candle lighting is more than a burning flame,” Danny Danon said at an event marking the holiday at the United Nations. “It is a true declaration that darkness can be driven out.”

Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli hailed the move as a “courageous and critical decision by the Swedish government.”

Yonatan Samerano was abducted on Oct. 7, 2023 by a Hamas terrorist who was also an UNRWA employee.