Delegitimizing UNRWA was always the goal. One does not accidentally elicit random confessions under torture—the confessions you get are the confessions you set out to get.
Defunding UNRWA is precisely the politics of collective punishment. Even if these allegations are proven, there is no justification in this unless your goal is wiping out an entire people.
From Truthout:
"Is US’s Suspension of UNRWA Funding Retaliation for ICJ’s Interim Ruling?"
