The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has recently faced potentially crippling funding cuts after some of its staff were accused by Israeli authorities of being involved in the October 7 attack. These allegations then led to 9 Western countries to suspend funding to UNRWA, led by the US, which is the agency’s biggest donor. The timing of Israel’s allegations against UNRWA have struck many as suspect, given they came just hours after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled broadly in favour of South Africa in its genocide case against Israel. However, Israel has long waged a…