A Watch says that UNRWA schools “diverted” from Hamas, transforming them into extremist hubs

A leading independent surveillance organization has published a report on this work, on how the Hamas terrorist movement has taken control of the education system in Gaza and Lebanon of the United Nations Agency for Relief and Works for Palestine Refugees of the Middle East (UNRWA).

The surveillance group – A Watch – entitled its 220 -page report “Schools in the grip of terror: how UNRWA allowed the heads of Hamas to control its education system.”

According to the report, “these case studies show in detail how Hamas has diverted studies by UNRWA by its domination of local unions of UNRWA, in particular the Syndicat Teachers sectors, including Hamas to control the Agency for the implementation of changes for the disintegration of the curriculum, and the Djihadi terrorism, and place Hamas agents in higher education stations in Schools.

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The construction of the United Nations Rescue and Work Agency in Gaza City in June 2023. (Ahmed Zakot / Sopa Images / Lightrocket via Getty Images)

A spokesperson for the State Department said to Fox News Digital: “The administration has determined that UNRWA is irreparably compromised and is now looking for its complete dismantling as well as the return of remaining unat-spent funds. Other United Nations and other more effective international partners are more than capable of penetrating to provide essential support links.

“As indicated in the February 4 of President Trump Executive decree With regard to the end of funding or examining the support of certain UN and international organizations, “UNRWA would have been infiltrated by members of groups for a long time designated by the Secretary of State (Secretary) as foreign terrorist organizations, and UNRWA employees were involved in October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks against Israel.” ».

The spokesman concluded: “President Trump and Secretary Rubio have long declared that Hamas would never govern Gaza again.

According to the UN, the expulsion of Matthias Schmale, a member of the international staff of UNRWA who directed the operation Gaza in 2021, is indicated examples of control of Hamas Control on the educational system of UNRWA, is indicated that the UN which directed the agency’s Gaza operation in 2021, because it published a pro-Israel apparent remark in an interview with the media.

Hamas terrorists stand in training while the Palestinians meet in a street to look at the transfer of three Israeli hostages to a Red Cross team in Deir El-Balah, Central Gaza, February 8, 2025. (Majdi Fathi / Nurphoto via Getty Images)

A Watch allegedly alleged “it took less than 10 days” for the Palestinian leaders of UNRWA on the ground, Amir al-Mishal, then head of UNRWA Gaza Staff Union, who coordinated his predecessor Suhail al-Hindi, to oust Schmale.

Suhail al-Hindi appeared publicly with Hamas terrorist leaders for many years while he was working for UNRWA, a Watch wrote. UNRWA refused to dismiss al-Hindi. The United States and Europe have classified Hamas as a foreign terrorist organization.

A Watch accused UNRWA of not having rejected “Fateh Sharif, which had served for years simultaneously at the head of the Union of Teachers of Lebanon of UNRWA and as a senior Hamas in Lebanon”.

Hillel Neuer, Executive Director of the UN Watch, said: “For years, governments have been writing $ 1 billion vouchers so that UNRWA believed that they were investing in peace and tolerance. Our investigation reveals the shocking truth: UNRWA classrooms have been diverted by Hamas and have been transformed into hate incubators. The reality they finance the terroral by proxy. “

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In August, Fox News Digital obtained a public assessment of the American State Department in the Congress, declaring: “The administration determined that UNRWA is irreparably compromised and now seeks its complete dismantling.”

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Juliette Touma, A Spokeswoman for Unrwa, Told Fox News Digital That, “This report is part of a di disinformation Campaign that this organization, the So-Called Un Watchdog, Has Been Launching Against Unrwa for Years Now. Their Reporting is full of Unsubstantaled claims and Clearly AIMS AT DESTROYING THE AGENCY WHICH, AT ITS HEART, HAS PROVI (DED) Education and Health Care in Place where no one else Actually Wants to Work With A Group of People that is one of the most vulnerable in the region.

Touma rejected the report, saying: “By the way, most of the cases called in the report as news is not new. 90%, if not more, are already known. The vast majority have been considered unleated.”

The US government has stopped financed UNRWA because of its support for Hamas terrorists.