The agency says it is providing support for 33,000 displaced Palestinians in Judea and Samaria, amid accusations it perpetuates the conflict and should be dismantled.

“Would you wait until the drones were buzzing over Paris?” Danny Danon, the Israeli ambassador to the global body, asked his French counterpart.

The placement of Israel on a UN blacklist alongside Hamas and ISIS marks a new low in the campaign to delegitimize the Jewish state.

More than 90 US lawmakers are urging President Trump to dismantle the UN agency that has spent 75 years preserving the Palestinian refugee crisis rather than solving it.

American lawmakers say Gaza aid must be rebuilt around agencies free from terrorist influence and UN dependency.

The agency’s Office of the Inspector General said the individuals, including three teachers, were referred to the US State Department for possible debarment from US-funded aid programs.

“A UN mandate born from a 2014 Iran-sponsored resolution is now set to be filled by Zeina Jallad, who has voiced support for Hamas,” Israel’s Foreign Ministry said.

“Why are we to trust the UN’s own vetting procedures?” Adam Kaplan, of USAID, asked a congressional committee.

Belgrade condemns the UN official’s remarks on its military ties with Israel, calling them beyond her mandate.