UNRWA funding: how is Switzerland responding to latest allegations?

As several countries have suspended their funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), the allegations against its staff are escalating. Switzerland has not yet disbursed the 2024 funding and says it is awaiting the results of a United Nations (UN) investigation on the matter.  For years Switzerland has been discussing the role of the UN agency and its potential involvement in fomenting the divisions between Palestinians and Israelis, but since the October 7 Hamas attacks, the debate has become more heated than ever.  How is the debate on this issue unfolding in Switzerland?  Last Friday, UNRWA announced it had sacked 12 of its staff members over their alleged involvement in the attacks perpetrated by Hamas on October 7. On Monday, the Wall Street Journal wrote that around 10% of UNRWA’s staff in Gaza have links with Hamas or the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement.   While several countries have almost immediately suspended funding to...