Japanese NGOs are facing a series of announcements from various countries, including Japan, that they will temporarily suspend funding to UN staff working in the Gaza Strip in Palestine due to suspicions that they were involved in attacks on Israel by the Islamic organization Hamas. held a press conference and called on the government to withdraw the move, saying, ``This act is tantamount to taking the lives of the people of Gaza.''
On January 28, the Japanese government temporarily suspended additional funding, saying it was "extremely concerned" over the suspicion that several staff members of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees were involved in attacks by Hamas on Israel. announced that it would be discontinued.
Regarding this, NGOs working in the field submitted a request to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for its reversal, stating that the act was tantamount to taking the lives of the people of Gaza, and held a press conference in Tokyo on the 1st. I did.
At the press conference, Yuka Kaneko of Save the Children Japan said, ``UNRWA is responsible for education and medical care in the Gaza Strip, and is also currently operating evacuation centers.If UNRWA ceases to function, NGOs will also take over comprehensive measures.'' I will not be able to do any activities."
She went on to call on the government to immediately rescind the decision, calling it ``an extremely extreme and unfair decision considering that children are at the end of UNRWA's work.''
In response to this suspicion, countries such as the United States and Germany have announced that they will temporarily suspend funding, but Norway has announced that it will continue providing support, and decisions are divided among each country.