The Americans have indicated repeatedly that they do not trust Hamas to direct aid money where its donors intend it. In its effort to maintain humanitarian aid for ordinary Palestinians while keeping it out of the hands of the terrorist government, the US is apparently planning to funnel more money through UNRWA (the UN Relief and Works Agency).

That’s a curious piece of logic.

UNRWA is a criminally negligent terrorist enabler that has done everything in its power in its 56 years of existence to promote Palestinian grievance — and violence — against Israel. The UNRWA was supposed to be a temporary organization, the purpose of which was to provide relief to the million or so Palestinians displaced by the Israeli War of Independence. It was distinct, however, from the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), which is responsible for the world’s refugees, in that its remit did not contain any obligation to actually assist in alleviating the Palestinians’ plight. Such a practical end would not have served its political purpose, which was quite different...