Washington, July 23 -- Rep. Chris Smith issued the following press release:
The United States would be banned from making donations to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency under legislation that Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) introduced on Thursday.
"For more than 23 years, I have been sounding the alarm on UNRWA and its longstanding record of antisemitism and Jew-hatred," stated Smith, co-chair of the House Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism.
"UNRWA is one of the chief drivers of conflict between Palestinians and Israelis, and the United States government should play no part in supporting or financing this hate-filled organization's operations," he stated.
Smith, who introduced similar legislation in the last Congress, s...