Bangladesh, Feb. 6 -- In a move that has reignited controversy over US relations with the United Nations, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on February 4, directing the withdrawal of the United States from the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and halting financial support for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). This decision comes as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits Washington, DC, and is seen as a reaffirmation of the Trump administrations pro-Israel stance.

This latest directive echoes similar actions taken during Trumps first administration when the US withdrew from the UNHRC and ceased UNRWA funding in 2018. Those measures were reversed by President Joe Biden i...