early last year, "the wall street journal" reported that 10 prongs of unrwa's -- 10% of unrwa's staffst militant groups. among them, six took part in the october 7 assault that left 1200 israelis dead and hundreds more in captivity. after reports emerged that an unrwa teacher held an israeli hostage in his attic, i pressed the agency to investigate that employee. instead of taking action, the group dismissed this request and this claim as unsubstarchiaitied, and called -- unsubstantiated and called on the israeli news to, i'm quoting, immediately delete the post. we also know unrwa has indoctrine ain'ted palestinian children with schools that glorify terrorism and promote violent hatred of jews, allowed hamas to store weapons in their buildings, provided support and aid to the terror group. now, a new report from u.n. watch, the top watchdog for holding the u.n. accountable, shows that unrwa works with hamas, as well as palestinian islamic jihad at the highest level of the agency. to quote the report, this secret relationship allows the terrorist organizations to significantly influen

doubling our aid for sudan, helping hundreds of british people leave lebanon, restoring funding for unrwa up for international causes and taking tough decisions and export licences but not flinching and defending israel against an flinching and defending israel againstan iranian flinching and defending israel against an iranian regime that wants to destroy it. while at the same time working for that ceasefire in gaza so we can bring all the hostages home and advance a two state solution. and when it comes to china, progressive realism means consistency, not isolation, as i set out when i was visiting beijing and rachel reeves's is continuing this week, pragmatic engagement to cooperate with china where we can on trade, climate, global health, ai regulation, but also very robust dialogue and challenge where there are clear threats. sanctioning chinese firms who supply technology to support putting's war, working for the release ofjimmy lai, calling to an end for human rights abuses and an end cyber attacks on the uk and an end to sanctions and our parliamentarians. and on the climate and n

but for example, unrwa. and other international organizations. without which hamas wouldn't have many of the resources it needs to conduct these violent attacks on israel and our own people. when the gentleman from massachusetts talks about the plight of the people in gaza, we should be reminded of the massive piles of pallettes of food and relief that are stacked up because the united nations is too incompetent to move those pallettes, and remind our friends of the extent to which hamas has been taking those resources and not distributing them to the people in gaza. the fact of the matter here, this legislation is inherently america first. we have had situations where we have had american soldiers and our people targeted by the i.c.c. it will happen again if the house of representatives and the senate and the president don't take action to sanction the i.c.c. to prevents this from happening again in the future -- to prevent this from happening again in the future. i appreciate the chairman, i appreciate the support of virtually every member of t

[applause] and most egregiously, it included unrwa, perhaps the most revealing of all, which had a hamas data center underneath its headquarters having nearly two dozen staff members directly involved in the october 7 terrorist attacks with another 100 with terrorist ties. that is why we need to defund unwrapped immediately! -- defund unwrah immediately! of course, it included the absurdly named human rights council composed of some of the worst human rights abusers having a standing antisemitic agenda item related to israel and adopting a resolution stating israel should be held responsible for water crimes while failing to condemn the atrocities and barbarism committed by hamas. even the secretary-general cannot bring himself to condemn hamas after the murder of hostages including the american-israeli. finally, this antisemitic influence came to ahead on wednesday of this week as the you voted 124-14 to strip israel from the right to self-defense against palestinian terrorism in the west bank, gaza strip, and east jerusalem. unfortunately, this comes as no surprise when you examine the

an organisation like unrwa remains critical. , ., , , organisation like unrwa remains critical. , , . very good to talk to you and _ critical. james, very good to talk to you and good - critical. james, very good to talk to you and good luck. critical. james, very good to i talk to you and good luck with all your work in gaza. thank you so much. let's also talk about the hostage families. we've been talking to him and hearing from them with their reactions because this conflict began on the 7th of october 2023, when hamas fighters burst into israeli communities, killing about 1,200 people and taken roughly 150 hostages. earlier, we werejoined by moshe emilio lavi. his brother—in—law, omri miran, is among the hostages currently held in gaza. here's what he shared with us about how life has been for his family since october 7th. our world is upside—down ever since october 7th. on october 6th, i was in new york. i was heading to a party in a nightclub. and then everything, all the news emerged from israel, from my hometown, from my communities, from my friends, teachers, my family. and e

and it's especially challenging now because the israelis have effectively cut off unrwa, which was effectivelye boots on the ground for humanitarian assistance, and if they're no longer able to operate there and the israelis are talking about cutting off a whole bunch of other ngos, it is unclear how the food will be delivered to the people who most need it on the ground. find to the people who most need it on the ground.— on the ground. and if that happens. _ on the ground. and if that happens. how _ on the ground. and if that happens, how does - on the ground. and if that happens, how does the i happens, how does the international community and the us government stand over a situation like that?— situation like that? well, we've seen _ situation like that? well, we've seen the _ situation like that? well, i we've seen the international community's response. there have been war crimes allegations from the israelis coming out of the icc and icj and i think you'll see more and more of that. i think the really interesting piece of this is how trump chooses to handle the israelis. because the assu