US Congress introduces bill to punish United Nations Relief and Works Agency in Gaza

[MikeWB]

US Congress introduces bill to punish UNRWA
  Friday February 06, 2009 03:22 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC News
A bill has been introduced in Congress criticizing the work of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency in Gaza.
 
The bill accuses the Agency of providing support to so-called 'terrorists' in the Gaza Strip.

 

Laila al Quttami, of the Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee, says that this bill is actually an attempt to punish the Agency for speaking out against the Israeli invasion of Gaza last month.

 

The committee has called on Congress to vote against Congressional Resolution 29, and vote instead for HR 66, which would provide much-needed humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people.

 

Some US groups have even called on President Obama to dispatch the Navy's Hospital ship, the USNS Mercy, to help provide medical care to the besieged population of Gaza.