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UN spends approximately $100 million in funding to target Israel yearly, new report shows
Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon told The Jerusalem Post that the figure reflects a network of UN bodies, committees, and mechanisms structurally embedded in the organization’s budget.
Members of the United Nations peacekeepers (UNIFIL) look at the Lebanese-Israeli border, as they stand on the roof of a watch tower in the town of Marwahin, in southern Lebanon, October 12, 2023.
The United Nations spends roughly $100 million per year on reports, debates, special mechanisms, and communication activities dedicated almost exclusively to singling out Israel, the Permanent Mission of Israel to the UN said.
“Today we actually showed that these are orchestrated campaigns, well-funded and well-established within the UN budget,” Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon said. “These $100 million, which will be approved in the coming days in the new UN budget, are spent on activities against the government of Israel and against the IDF."
"Sometimes they do it directly, such as through committees that address Palestinian issues. Many times it is disguised under different names and organizations, but the actual activities are pure propaganda against the State of Israel.”
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Together, this amounts to millions of dollars annually, even before accounting for travel and staffing.
At the center of this system, as described by the Israeli mission to the UN, is UNRWA, whose yearly budget request is approximately $86 million.
Each year, roughly $80 million from the UN’s routine budget is allocated to the agency, with about 60% of the funds designated for international staff salaries.
Even as other UN bodies face budgetary reforms, UNRWA remains mostly exempt.
Despite revelations of Hamas infiltration into the agency and widespread concerns over neutrality, UNRWA continues to receive preferential treatment, additional funding requests, and political protection.
“We are always trying,” Danon said in answer to The Jerusalem Post’s query as to whether Israel is attempting to shed light on the bodies that receive UN funding. “But unfortunately, most countries tend to ignore it. And even though we exposed this, the UN will continue to fund these activities.”
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This committee has also compiled a “blacklist” of companies operating in Israeli-controlled areas, along with special rapporteurs who receive UN resources while advancing overtly political agendas.
The Israeli mission to the UN claims that many of these bodies engage in advocacy and reporting that fuels international legal action against Israel and strengthens global BDS campaigns.
Israeli officials said that what has been exposed regarding the UN’s allocation of budgetary funds is not a call to defund humanitarian aid or silence legitimate criticism. Instead, this is meant to put an end to a system that has normalized discrimination, rewarded bias, and wasted vast sums of the public’s money.
“We are sharing the information, and we are grateful to the US mission, which is taking a moral stand against the funding of these bodies,” Danon said. “Despite the huge amount of money directed against Israel, we will continue to stand strong and proud against the bias of UN organizations.”
The United Nations spends roughly $100 million per year on reports, debates, special mechanisms, and communication activities dedicated almost exclusively to singling out Israel, the Permanent Mission of Israel to the UN said.
“Today we actually showed that these are orchestrated campaigns, well-funded and well-established within the UN budget,” Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon said. “These $100 million, which will be approved in the coming days in the new UN budget, are spent on activities against the government of Israel and against the IDF."
"Sometimes they do it directly, such as through committees that address Palestinian issues. Many times it is disguised under different names and organizations, but the actual activities are pure propaganda against the State of Israel.”
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The analysis, conducted by the Israeli Permanent Mission to the UN and International Organizations, identifies UN bodies such as the Division for Palestinian Rights and multiple General Assembly committees whose sole purpose is to promote the Palestinian cause.
Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon speaks during a meeting at the United Nations headquartes in New York City, March 20, 2025. (credit: Liri Agami/Flash90)Dozens of debates and at least 100 reports are produced annually on Israel and the Palestinians, many of them repetitive, politically driven, and one-sided. Each report costs tens of thousands of dollars to produce and translate; debates cost thousands more.
Together, this amounts to millions of dollars annually, even before accounting for travel and staffing.
At the center of this system, as described by the Israeli mission to the UN, is UNRWA, whose yearly budget request is approximately $86 million.
Each year, roughly $80 million from the UN’s routine budget is allocated to the agency, with about 60% of the funds designated for international staff salaries.
Even as other UN bodies face budgetary reforms, UNRWA remains mostly exempt.
Despite revelations of Hamas infiltration into the agency and widespread concerns over neutrality, UNRWA continues to receive preferential treatment, additional funding requests, and political protection.
“We are always trying,” Danon said in answer to The Jerusalem Post’s query as to whether Israel is attempting to shed light on the bodies that receive UN funding. “But unfortunately, most countries tend to ignore it. And even though we exposed this, the UN will continue to fund these activities.”
'We will continue to stand strong, proud against UN bias'The Human Rights Council in Geneva and its commission of inquiry on Israel, established in 2021 with an open-ended mandate, costs an estimated $4m. annually and has increasingly adopted the language of delegitimization, genocide accusations, and economic warfare.
This committee has also compiled a “blacklist” of companies operating in Israeli-controlled areas, along with special rapporteurs who receive UN resources while advancing overtly political agendas.
The Israeli mission to the UN claims that many of these bodies engage in advocacy and reporting that fuels international legal action against Israel and strengthens global BDS campaigns.
Israeli officials said that what has been exposed regarding the UN’s allocation of budgetary funds is not a call to defund humanitarian aid or silence legitimate criticism. Instead, this is meant to put an end to a system that has normalized discrimination, rewarded bias, and wasted vast sums of the public’s money.
“We are sharing the information, and we are grateful to the US mission, which is taking a moral stand against the funding of these bodies,” Danon said. “Despite the huge amount of money directed against Israel, we will continue to stand strong and proud against the bias of UN organizations.”
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