Haviv Rettig Gur
Ironically, for all Netanyahu’s lies, this isn’t one of them. And it isn’t just UNRWA. Nothing can flourish in Gaza that Hamas won’t take over. If you don’t understand that, you don’t understand the first thing about Gaza. Senator, if you want a list of Netanyahu’s actual lies, literally any Israeli can help you. You don’t have to make them up. This kind of rhetoric just strengthens Netanyahu, because he’s actually demonstrably right on UNRWA.
Sarah Reese Jones
This is how much the US/Israel relationship has changed. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) says Netanyahu is lying, "There's no doubt that claims that Prime Minister Netanyahu and others are making that somehow UNRRA is a proxy for Hamas are just flat out lies. That's a flat-out lie."