After decades of funneling funds to terrorists—and a full year after being declared illegal—the UN agency’s crime spree may finally be coming to an end.
Unlike in Gaza, tearing down this particular UNRWA facility carries no risk of burying hostages beneath it. But like in Gaza, the building served as a hub of incitement—indoctrinating Palestinian children with hatred for Israel and glorifying terrorism.
After revelations that many of the organization’s Gazan employees were moonlighting as Hamas terrorists, the Knesset banned UNRWA from operating in Israel in January 2025. Not much happened at first. The agency continued operating in East Jerusalem until Israeli police finally seized its compound in December over a backlog of unpaid taxes.
Now, under Israeli law, the land can finally be repurposed for something more useful to the public than terrorist glorification—say, a park. Or a landfill.
