It is time to permanently defund UNRWA: Jonathan Berkshire Miller and Casey Babb

It is time to permanently defund UNRWA: Jonathan Berkshire Miller and Casey Babb

Welcome to Inside Policy Talks, the in-house podcast of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.

In this episode you'll hear Jonathan Berkshire Miller in conversation with Dr. Casey Babb.

"[UNRWA] was a noble organization with a clear, justifiable cause 75-or-so-years-ago. In the time since it has morphed into something far beyond that and has in a variety of ways made the situation much worse for Palestinians and Israeli's alike."

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