OTTAWA — The Federal Court has denied Ottawa’s bid to quash a case in which advocates for Israel are asking for a reversal of Canada’s temporary freeze on the main United Nations agency supporting Palestinians.

In April, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs joined Canadians whose relatives were killed in the Hamas attack last October in asking Ottawa to stop funding UNRWA.

Canada suspended aid to the agency in January amid reports some of its staff took part in the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas. Funding was restored in March{ai:summary}<p>The Federal Court has rejected Ottawa's attempt to dismiss a case where advocates for Israel seek to overturn Canada's temporary suspension of funding to UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinians. This follows requests from groups affected by the Hamas attack in October.  </p><p>#foreignaffairs</p>

Lawsuit calling for Canada to halt UNRWA funding can proceed, Federal Court rules

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