Over the years, and based on my experience in @cogatonline I was a strong advocate for @UNRWA. I argued with @EinatWilf, I wrote in @haaretzcom about their importance as a stabilizing factor, and over the years enjoyed many productive conversations with their staff in the West Bank and in Gaza, internationals and locals. Obviously I didn’t think UNRWA was perfect but I definitely saw more pros than cons. In the aftermath of the October 7 massacre I came to the rude awakening of how wrong I was, especially regarding UNRWAs Gaza operations. The organization is compromised beyond repair. Hamas dictated how Gaza will be run, UNRWA in turn accepted the “defacto government”, a terrorist government, capitulated to those conditions. Some of their employees were directly involved in the massacre, some of them celebrated it, and many of the thousands of terrorists were the result of the failure of UNRWA to educate Gazas children towards coexistence, hope and peace. Will the Knesset decision make any difference? I don’t know. I do know that ignoring the problem won’t make it go away. I do believe that UNRWA could’ve been part of the solution, but in @UNLazzarini’s stubbornness to see with clarity the inherent problems of his organization, he determined the path Israel would take. Time for change.