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Tom Cotton on Defunding UNRWA
Tom CottonU.S. Senate, Arkansas
Statement introducing the Defund United Nations Relief and Works Agency Act
“We now know that funding UNRWA is funding Hamas.”
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- Cotton, Cruz, Schmitt: UNRWA should not receive another dime of U.S. funding
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- U.S. Senator Tom Cotton
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- Feb 1, 2024
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