Brian Mast Asks Dem Witness Point Blank What Percent Of UNRWA Employees Are Part Of Hamas

At a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing before the Congressional recess, Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL) spoke about the mission of UNRWA.
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[@johnholliday5874]

Man, these people are so skilled at not answering questions.

[@GooglyMowgli]

If you are impressed by that, you should watch them use our tax money against us.

[@1960shakey]

Obama Talk!!!!

[@aj-2savage896]

She even forgot to say "thank you for that question" every single time.

[@SamuelOuedraogo-ph9yf]

You are right

[@phl2443]

Useless to our society, yet probably make a killing in income

[@rjohnson9543]

Defund the United Nations! Stop the wasteful spending!

[@cncit]

Err no! It's a valuable safeguard for international democracy, unlike the crooks in the Israeli government!

[@lesterjohnston8888]

So true

[@leutangageran8430]

The 100 of millions of dollars could go back to each country that uses their tax dollars for these failed UN programs for its own domestic problems... public housing or subsidies housing, public healthcare access, fixing and building schools... let get this money back to the respective countries for our development for our citizens... the UN is not my country... I never voted for it.

[@cncit]

@@leutangageran8430 Totally missing the point of the UN. There are plenty of billions available for those things you mentioned, governments don't want to use it for those purposes. That has nothing to do with the UN. You are blaming all those issues on the UN which is totally wrong. The UN is a humanitarian organization, there to protect it's members. If the US isn't prepared to back a ceasefire, it should stop sending arms to Israel to fund a genocide.

[@ShineThePath]

Defund the Iron Dome.

[@swcarp]

there is no way any organisation can operate in Gaza without the permission of Hamas ...

[@WiseOwl_1408]

And.......?

[@wm1958]

@ThatOneInTenThousand ok well then explain the ones in DC that not only aren't but also openly hate Isreal?

[@loris3595]

They ARE Hamas.

[@jeffreyklima7612]

​@@ThatOneInTenThousand..proof?

[@AT-nq6cu]

Brian Mast is one sick individual.

[@ingridfromm7719]

It's a UN organization. How any employee can support terrorism and work for a UN organization is shocking. UNRWA MUST be questioned and held accountable!

[@wendyrichards4200]

That's why the corrupt UN regularly criticize Israel about human rights, while never doing the same against the surrounding islamic countries surrounding Israel, where there are barely any human rights!

[@hpys]

@@douglaskriever6904When UNRWA is part of powerful international *human right* reorganization the threshold should be something like 10 and by now we know of 30 UNRWA employees participated in the e October 7th massacre, 3,000 UNRWA teachers supporting the October 7th massacre and MOST of not ALL of UNRWA schools in Gaza strip teaching terrorism. I think UNRWA exceeded the threshold by FAR

[@snidelywhiplash1888]

Dissolve it and our UN membership. Stop the terror.

[@DMK25]

So should the US government! Stop sending arms and there is no NEED of Aid from anyone because there would be NO RESOURCES FOR OCCUPATION APARTHEID AND GENOCIDE

[@W1ckedRcL]

The UN is a terrorist organization

[@gillesuzan180]

She is a a liar, she keeps talking in circles

[@rykwon4535]

Where is she lying? She's being asked about her opinions on UNRWA based on hypothetical situations proposed by former IDF soldier and dual citizen Brian Mast.

[@daviddeck6109]

Her lips are moving...means she is lying.

[@cinemoriahFPV]

​@@rykwon4535the part where she's talking. That's the part.

[@rykwon4535]

@@cinemoriahFPV so you can’t point to a single lie, thanks for proving my point 👍

[@AuntieMamie]

She said Hamas is in the UN.

[@charwest9449]

Great questions. Evasive deceptive answers.

[@miguelrosado6348]

Misleading and biased framed questions. Great answers.

[@tomwilson9010]

@@miguelrosado6348 what answers? She dodged everything by repeating things that someone else has said regardless of it's relation to the question. The questions about other countries weren't a high point as it attempted to frame a program designed for palestinians as bad because it doesn't help entities other than palestinians. Being complicit in the use of US funding to employ and provide gathering places for terrorists comes to mind. He could have used this time much more productively. There were plenty of uncomfortable questions for this particular issue and would have achieved his goal better.

[@miguelrosado6348]

@@tomwilson9010 I was being sarcastic by using the same comment structure of the original post. These hearings for me are designed for senators and politicians to have the spotlight and build their brand by posing their thoughts and criticisms in a shape of a question. So these questions are not indented to draw information from the answers, but for the politicians to tell the world what they think about these issues. That's why they are all misleading and unfair, as you can't decided complex issues and have a fair assesement of the situation with a "yes" or "no" questions.

[@keepitrealandtoasty]

@@miguelrosado6348 You 're 100% correct

[@Tobbedans]

Your analysis of this video is spot on.

[@beeeps]

Get her out of here.

[@lesterjohnston8888]

So true

[@Reikimasterinfja]

What he's failing to discuss is every single volunteer gets approved by Israel before they're even allowed to enter through the gates of Gaza you have to ask permission to go to Gaza you can't just go there... You need to get permission from God to go there

[@MoriaCampbell]

​@@Reikimasterinfja The unwra employees are gazans. That is part of the problem. They are not coming from outside.

[@FunnyBunny-pd5xx]

​@@Reikimasterinfja Maybe, they are using the tunnels !

[@davidradovsky7405]

Oh biden has installed thousands just like her/it

[@lukecat3825]

She’s doing her best to repeat her mantra and do everything not to actually answer anything with a correct answer.

[@Pgan803]

Insist that she serve unmra in gaza for 6 months then come back testify

[@syskj]

👹👺👹

[@rsacchi100]

UNRWA should not get a dime of US support. Anyone on the U.S. Government payroll who says otherwise needs to be off the payroll. "Bad Behavior" is a gross understatement.

[@ronaldbeck1762]

I believe the support from the general population is FAR higher than 15%.

[@jamesh5743]

Absolutely. She was talking about actual official membership.

[@RIbigDave]

The numbers I have seen from different sources are always over 80%

[@artmosley3337]

The question should be.. Does Hamas control the leadership in Gaza and the Palestinians with just 10-15% support from the population?

[@charwest9449]

@@artmosley3337 and the answer should be no they do not

[@artmosley3337]

@@charwest9449 and the Truth is… Hamas controls 100% of Gaza and the Palestinians… by force and intimidation… but the majority of Palestinians hate everyone and this is why Not ONE Arab, Muslim country will take in them as refugees….

[@Bottlebroon]

Defund them

[@user-un3be8uu7v]

Yesterday

[@MrSmriley]

She comes across as extremely cold and unpleasant.

[@catzdollz9810]

she...probably has a "WIFE".

[@shackusratus]

Definitely ain't got a soul.

[@AudreyWortman]

​@@shackusratus SOULESS IS A JOB REQUIREMENT 😊

[@DrummerJacob]

She knows hes going to ask loaded questions so she gives loaded answers. This isnt either of their first rodeos, but it does seem to be yours.

[@AudreyWortman]

@@DrummerJacob EVIL DOES NOT LIKE THE LIGHT 😇

[@gracechapel2464]

Unbelievable!!! She's anything but clear.

[@SuperModelLexi]

Defund UNRWA … basically welfare for Palestinians paid by tax dollars

[@Blackbirdinthedeadofnight]

Even worse for Hamas

[@randnemo9687]

​@@Blackbirdinthedeadofnight It's the same

[@lesterjohnston8888]

So true

[@leutangageran8430]

@@randnemo9687 I agree... I'm not jewish or Israeli but this HAMAS/Palestinian crap just stinks. I studied history and everyone seems to have forgotten PLO... the same group of people that tried to over throw the Jordan Royal Family since Jordan is a Kingdom... so these displaced Palestinians are really from Jordan and yet Jordan does not want them... why?

[@GoogleIdentity331]

We owe them a lot more than welfare payments

[@SamuelOuedraogo-ph9yf]

The woman should be asked,where they placed American interest on October 7 2023, when women and children were slaughtered in Israel including Americans? UNRWA succeeded in raising and training terrorist for all these murders and they dare asking for funds for another massacre? Shame on you UNRWA for conniving and condoning with hamas with Americas tax money

[@lariatjb]

what about the last 100 years of zionist occupation of Palistine?

[@Robert-hg7ir]

She answers questions about as truthful and direct as the head of say, the FBI or maybe the Department of Justice.

[@marilynstrong309]

Yes or Mayorkas or Garland!

[@xltek1]

The entire Biden Administration

[@donaldramey1896]

All should be in prison and never see the light of day again.

[@rsacchi100]

Exactly.

[@autodidact537]

She answers questions just like 'Sgt. Schultz,' "I know nothing, NOTHING!"

[@Voen_Sveta]

unrwa should not exist cause there is no unrwa for any other group of people in the world. it is not fair.

[@michaelferguson3127]

The muslims brutalized south sudan. Nothing for sudan.

[@ericbrown7297]

UNWRA should be defunded and disbanded.

[@TruthFiction]

The whole point of the UN was to be impartial, not to promote hatred and terrorism, which UNRWA has been called out for doing for years now. Clearly the UN failed their job and as a result this agency needs to be disbanded completely.

[@southernfreedom1883]

LOVE THIS MAN!! ON POINT ALWAYS👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@marilynstrong309]

I agree

[@businesssucsess4170]

True words

[@tamarascharck6927]

It’s yes or no. Why can’t they just say yes or no. Oh because they tap dance around truth.

[@snidelywhiplash1888]

Amazing we pay people like this to run ANYTHING. They find it impossible to answer a question with a yes or a no. Fire her.

[@tamarascharck6927]

Hamas should not be part of unraw

[@iddomargalit-friedman3897]

UNWRA should just not exist

[@whosthat2019]

Do what you have to do. No one should beg you for anything just remember every action has a reaction. Just dont beg when it's pay back... HasbunAllaah wa ni'mal wakeel Alhumdulilah 💯 Tiocfaidh ar la...

[@MassimoAngotzi]

What payback? With what? Your homemade rocket toys? You’ve lost ALL the wars you waged against Israel in the last 70 years. Get a reality check.

[@mdj1199]

Mr Brian Mast You are Really Good in what you are doing. Respect you for it!!!

[@susancohen8009]

Good Job, this really needs to be screened and seen worldwide !!!

[@user-xy1uo7pj3g]

The UN actually changed the definition of what is a refugee only for the Arab Palestinians to keep considering then “ refugees “ when no where else would such ppl would be called refugees. This is how bizarre it gets Arab Palestinians born in “ Palestine “ are considered refugees and people born in Switzerland with one “ Palestinian “ parent are also refugees. This is all about Palestinian trying to overtake Israel

[@SeedlingNL]

And the same people will also argue that the Jews should just have stayed in whatever countries they were prosecuted and massacred in... And ignore that the arab countries took very little time in deporting their Jewish minorities to the newly formed state of Israel...

[@thomasjohansson5045]

Nah, they are considered to be refugees because they have a legitimate claim, directly of through ancestry, to the land they were expulsed from in 1947-48 during the Nakba. The mistake of the "manufacturing" of the state of Israel is the main cause to the constant upheaval in the region since then.

[@guythetechguy]

@@thomasjohansson5045 This isn't about "legitimate claims" which are debatable depending on individual circumstances during the war. This is about the UN recognition of who is a refugee. The Palestinians are not the only refugees on this planet, other refugees, once they've settled somewhere else, or born in other countries, are no longer recognized as refugees by the UN. Whatever claims some Syrians or Ukrainians or Tibetans or Kurds or Armenians or Germans or whatever hold in their heart, from WW-II lessay, through ancestry or any other thing they care about, is their business. The Jewish people also have claims through ancestry to the land they were expelled from. More recent ones, and ones going way farther back. A Syrian refugee that has settled in Canada, is for all intents and purposes now Canadian. They don't need a UN agency to take care of them.

[@thomasjohansson5045]

@@guythetechguy A Syrian refugee in Canada is not living in a designated and permanented refugee camp. A majority of the, according to the UN definition of a Palestinian refugee, Palestinians refugees live in these camps or in the vicinity of them in so called "gatherings".

[@guythetechguy]

@@thomasjohansson5045 These "refugee camps" are permanent settlements. They're not camps any more. And the perpetuation of these is part of the problem (and "The UN definition of a *Palestinian* refugee").

[@piansthere_1]

Please continue to ask questions that expose the treachery of UNRWA and complicity of those being paid salaries. We salute you, Mast, from India

[@joemanlick3173]

These people can NEVER answer tough questions.

[@pmeinhofer]

She says she’s doing her best to answer his questions as she avoids answering the questions

[@ghanishb3707]

She reminds me of Claudine Gay and her nonsense answers

[@MottiShneor]

I don't know about "reminds". I hear the same voice. Being a Jew I can recognize that voice very easily. We have it described in great many instances of our history. You should know one thing. When this voice strengthens - catastrophe is coming. Soon. much much sooner than you'd think. Beware - evil doesn't limit itself to Jews. Evil wants everything.

[@allenostrom1714]

At least she isn't wearing those MASSIVE SPECTACLES. They were hysterical to say the least😂😂😂.

[@tjthomas01]

When we get to a point where we can completely shut down any organization/department until straight answers come forth, we can begin to fix the problem and move forward, but now we are just spinning our tires going no where if we can not hold anyone accountable.

[@ssgdean1969]

"national security and interests" is a blanket statement for "shut up and sign the check."

[@shreeveda]

STOP funding UNRWA immediately. Get UNRWA cleaned 100%, even if it takes a year. Let Palestinians realize Hamas is not their representatives.

[@kevinrogers2774]

Well done Sir!

[@TheHandymanQld]

Same happened with Australian tax payers money, our foreign minister gave money to UNRWA then found out there was Hamas members working under that banner. Apparently the funding stopped.

[@urq6391]

You question and expose these people for what they are, totally incompetent!! Keep up the Great work👏👏👏👏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👍

[@jean-jacqueslavigne3109]

I would not say incompetent: she and her colleagues probably achieved what they wanted. Hence the total lack of guilt.

[@aj-2savage896]

"I'm doing my best to answer your question." Perjury right there.

[@stuartyablon7184]

Well asked, Mr. Mast.

[@luisacleaves9592]

Thank you, Mr Mast 🇺🇸👏

[@buttersstotch1698]

Thank you Mr. Mast!

[@charwest9449]

Does she know what yes or no means? She skips right away to the EXCUSE for the "no" answer she constantly evades.

[@thomasjohansson5045]

Yeah, what can you do when the line of questioning is rhetorical and deeply biased. The bald guy is driving his own thesis and like a lawyer doesn't care about the truth. He is just interested in the confirmation of his own bias.

[@charwest9449]

@@thomasjohansson5045 UN has been hijacked.

[@patrick18051949]

He is brilliant

[@cathrynbower1317]

Thank you!!! The voice of truth!

[@tonykehoe123]

We have a long running TV programme here in England called “Question time “ . It’s no coincidence that we have never had a programme called “Answer Time” . It’s sad that we have become a civilisation that has no ability in being able to deal with anything and as a diversionary tactic choose to employ the least amongst us . This is called a recipe for disaster .

[@mariteswolthers5848]

Thank you sir Brian Mast for asking the right question well done

[@herbertjohnston4608]

The same old same old just defect 🇬🇧🇮🇱🙏

[@marinahayon9261]

the whole unrwa is hamas: 100% of the locals are hamas + all Europeans who strive to work in this organization - they initially support hamas, which means they are 100% anointed

[@user-og8ln9ld5p]

Bingo!

[@mechamongrel-ir2qt]

the most delusional person in the comment section 🏆

[@larrytan16]

Some may say you are making a sweeping statement but in this case, your sweeping statement holds true. Nothing goes in or out of Gaza without approval from Hamas which means they ARE all working for Hamas.

[@mechamongrel-ir2qt]

@@larrytan16 I agree, this is emblematic issue with Israeli approach which is sometimes extended in different forms i.e. saying "there are no innocent civilians" or calling everyone who disagrees with them being 'anti-semitic'. Becoming guilty by association -standard, everyone is guilty.

[@marinahayon9261]

@@mechamongrel-ir2qt tragedy always lies in stupidity and arrogance. but sometimes this is due to the fact that some lack the imagination to understand that people are different and it is impossible to understand or appreciate the moral standards of another nation or religion if you generally do not try to figure it out or you judge others by yourself. for example, Putin did not appear in a vacuum - Putin is a product of the Russian people, he represents their moral code, and Hamas represents the moral code of the Arabs from Gaza

[@elanagower4261]

Love watching Mast. His questions are to the point.

[@YeahThatsTough]

Thank you for the question which I have been schooled not to answer

[@jimmyzhao2673]

Omigosh, Such simple questions, yet she cannot answer them.

[@gillesuzan180]

She gets paid buy our tax money

[@One-way]

This should cease…. NOW…

[@lorrainemadrid4905]

Why do I have to pay for an organization that wants me dead too. Jesus is a Jewish God and he also came for us but First the Jewish people. So why would you fund our enemy

[@anit6096]

There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. - Galatians 3 : 28 For God so Loved the WORLD, that He gave His only begotten son.... John 3 : 16 JESUS CHRIST IS LORD OVER ALL PEOPLES!!! TRUE FOLLOWERS OF JESUS WILL BE KNOWN BY THEIR LIFE STYLE AND CHOICES.

[@ItsFinished]

Thank you so much Representative Mast for your continuous efforts to supress evil and fight for freedom and truth! Godspeed!

[@nevrcm3261]

defund #unitednations defund #UNRWA Kick #UN out of #USA

[@davidfine1341]

a real man.

[@revolutionaryhamburger]

Tell us you want US taxpayers to fund terrorism of your choice without saying US taxpayers must be forced to fund terrorism.

[@mattrono2433]

Hey bud your country have been funding proxywars for years. You can thank both democrat& republican government officials for that.

[@Kranebitter81]

Dems have lost the plot on this issue.

[@edda682]

On every issue.

[@1968usaf]

Brian Mast would make a great President!

[@rosemaryross5949]

You Go Mr Mast. Your brothers and sisters are with you!

[@MH-en9qc]

I love it…I recognize myself and proceeds to dismantle the dishonest lady.

[@lecleland1]

The US should leave the UN and tell the UN to relocate to another location. The UN should be given 30-60 days to vacate. The UN has never lived up to the initial publicity.

[@kvasnaik8920]

Love Brian Mast,what a great mind

[@user-xy1uo7pj3g]

God bless Brian

[@robertoviana514]

You know that they are lying when a "yes" or "no" questions is "best" answered by a story!

[@blackportspeakercabinets4145]

So the guy tears her apart. What happens next? NOTHING!

[@Marlena5227]

It seems that way. He offers the truth and she skirts it. But the more that is revealed, the stronger we become in opposition. She looked like a fool, plain & simple. Political process works so slowly because of conflicting interests. Brian does a great job here, don't you think?

[@Deeneyweeney]

I love this guy 🇬🇧

[@sandraabu3797]

Love this guy... finally a voice of reason.

[@leehranicka3689]

NO MORE MONEY! Not a farthing! Enough is already MORE than enough. Another Mo Ron seeing reality but ignoring the same reality because if 10 Billion USD saves just one half of one child we need to continue - this is their thought process! Well, also their salary, she’s lying for her salary! NO MORE MONEY!

[@user-yj8wp7wj8k]

Most of Africa needs its own UNRWA.

[@buttsufancypantsu1644]

Nobody needs their own UNRWA. UNHCR already exists and is quite adept at handling refugees and helping them gain citizenship. The only reason UNRWA exists is to fight a certain country.

[@TruthFiction]

@@buttsufancypantsu1644It actually exists to ensure Palestinians never get out of being a welfare nation. Gaza sits on huge oil reserves, but rather than utilize them to improve the lives of Palestinians, UNRWA has never even tried to get them developed, instead demanding that other nations send billions in aid instead.

[@TheKeggie]

@@TruthFiction Just like they send Billions to Israel than 😆

[@NeverAgain316]

Exactly, now why the whole world get their heads in the sand on this one??? Beyond me!

[@marilynstrong309]

She is wrong!

[@lordgarion514]

10 to 15%... Funny, a little under 15% is the percentage of the US Army that are combat troops. The rest provide logistics, medical, intelligence, and communications. So it looks like Hamas is the combat arm of a multi-million person military. It's well known the civilians are helping hamas, and they are almost all helping them.

[@Shield.Maiden]

On the top left, Watch the person in the "I stand with Israel" shirt. 😂

[@businesssucsess4170]

Great work g-d bless you !

[@elanagower4261]

Why can't they send a group of UN peacekeeping soldiers to Gaza to ensure the civilians get the aid before Hamas does.

[@user-ot6fk7vs3n]

who................exactly

[@zeeman3684]

Women like this have become the norm everywhere you go. All I witness is far too many who just seem to struggle with just doing. Just doing and accomplishing anything is a major accomplishment. Emotionally led as opposed to any morality, logic or sensibility. Nevermind common sense and our shared humanity and civility. INSECURITIE EN MASSE! FJB

[@luisacleaves9592]

Cold, repressed woman, controlled and lying

[@edgarbarraca2885]

😅😅😅 they are after dollar aid no emotions and moral responsibilities .....they used to live with it

[@allanbird3725]

It has to take a deep psychological toll on her to demonstrate such restraint as she does her best to misrepresent reality in Gaza.

[@markr1550]

Sounds like a great way to reduce the deficit

[@businesssucsess4170]

Defund the UN !

[@swiftmatic]

Lies and prevarication

[@bigron8346]

DON'T GIVE THEM A DIME!!

[@lisaschlussel4435]

Thank you Brian Mast for your moral clarity !!

[@MBS16]

On point

[@williammore558]

Interesting. Just what percentage of our UK civil service, our police, and our council workers are affiliated with, support or agree with terrorist organisations? When the enemy is within then it becomes easier for them to destroy what's there and to mould it into what they wanted. I believe that's already happening in the UK 😢

[@pstanyer1]

Defund UNWRA replace with a new organisation the does teh job properly without stealing aid.

[@AntjeRoestenburg]

There is already a UN refugee agency; no need to have a separate one to fund the (great) grandchildren of former Palestinian refugees

[@DarkDeamonFox]

ALWAYS ON POINT!

[@budlover7703]

Put simply, we should not be sending money to ANYONE OR ANY COUNTRY.

[@evamarsi4998]

Unrwa mission should be working with unpartiallity, within her answers, one can see that this will never be the case. It is not fair to fund terrorism with our taxes. Maybe another organization could help the population of Gaza?

[@kd359]

The threshold is, the redirection of funding to an alternative direct service provider. Staffed by representatives from the funding Countries, who are staffed by citizens of the funding Countries which is audited by the funding Countries both operationally and financially and frequently. Zero funding to UNRWA or any UN body period.

[@aliyasystemritayossi524]

Are her fringe benefits being threatened? COW

[@user-ot6fk7vs3n]

why insult cow ?

[@aliyasystemritayossi524]

@@user-ot6fk7vs3n you are right. Snake would be a better word

[@SamuelOuedraogo-ph9yf]

Thank you Brian Mast for asking the critical questions. However, the funds should be redirected to Jordanians and America will achieve a better result.

[@AnotherMartinez]

Shut it down!

[@Joemama-crzy]

If I don’t answer I go to jail

[@jaywilson4321]

Did I just hear the “Largest Employer” is UNRWA at 13,000 people?! There are MILLIONS!! What the actual Hell?!

[@ronnyvonallmen6892]

How was She “Confirmed?”….

[@evelynpaiz9409]

Unbelievable how they are Informed and support them

[@Nonconscious]

how is there no threshold for "bad behaviour". good point he is making there. behave good for god's sake. insane . literally. and disappointing. disgrace for all the good people who are behaving good.

[@Minniesara]

Remove all funding from UNWRA.

[@devjinaran1641]

Great respect to the anchor....

[@LilacPledge]

They have paused $300,000 a drop in the bucket, after releasing millions. Disgusting!

[@johnbarry3275]

Boycott NY for Freedom!!!

[@robinjoseph3834]

Thats pure evil….

[@sjm10477]

Fire this lady!