Israel advocates ask court to freeze Canadian funding for UNRWA, citing Hamas claims

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Israel advocates are asking the Federal Court to reverse Ottawa's decision to continue funding the main United Nations agency supporting Palestinians.

Israel advocates are asking the Federal Court to reverse Ottawa's decision to continue funding the main United Nations agency supporting Palestinians.

Lawrence Greenspon brought the application, and says the government can fund humanitarian relief for Palestinians through other agencies.UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, is separate from the UN agency serving refugees worldwide, and has long faced criticism from Jewish groups and the Conservatives.

Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly praised UNRWA last November for providing the essentials of life in Gaza, noting it's "the only organization able to concretely do this." The president of a residential property development and management firm says his organization is eyeing a start date later this year to build a replacement for a St. Albert seniors complex that burned down nearly three years ago.According to a news release from the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Merlin the Macaw, a resident mascot for the facility, is flying off to Safari Niagara in Fort Erie, Ontario.

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