Pro-Israel lawmakers call for stricter review of UNRWA funding

by Yori Yalon and Israel Hayom Staff

Legislators from 21 countries arrive in Israel on Sunday to participate in annual Israel Allies Foundation conference in Jerusalem • President Reuven Rivlin calls for strengthening ties between Israel and Jewish and Christian communities worldwide.

President Reuven Rivlin | Photo credit: Uri Lenz

Parliamentarians from 21 countries called for increased oversight of funds transferred to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency and supported forming an investigative community to look into the group's activities during Operation Protective Edge.

The 27 legislators from 21 countries, came to Israel on Sunday for the annual Israel Allies Foundation conference in Jerusalem.

Speaking before 5,000 Israel supporters from the around the world, President Reuven Rivlin, World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder and Israel Allies Foundation Chairman Rabbi Benny Elon called for strengthening the ties between Israel and Jewish and Christian communities around the world.

The parliamentarians called for forming a U.N. investigative committee to look into the discovery of weapons in UNRWA facilities during Operation Protective Edge.

Yori Yalon and Israel Hayom Staff

Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=20737

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