An independent review led by former French Foreign Minister Cahterine Colonna said that Israel has yet to provide supporting evidence that staff at Unrwa, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, are members of terrorist organisations such as Hamas.
The Guardian says the report found that Unrwa had had regularly supplies Israel with lists of its employees for vetting, and that "the Israeli government has not informed Unrwa of any concerns relating to any Unrwa staff based on these staff lists since 2011".
Israel's accusations against Unrwa have led to many major donor states suspending their funding of the agency at a time when Palestinians in Gaza are in dire need of aid.
Most of the major donors resumed funding in recent weeks, with the UK saying it would wait for the findings of the Colonna-led report to make a decision. US financial supporting for Unrwa, on the other hand, has been permanently banned by Congress.
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