Mr. Yousaf stated on the news on Saturday that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) had no role in obtaining the release of his in-laws, Elizabeth and Maged El-Nakla, who were among the millions under siege in Gaza at the time but evacuated the enclave the next day via the Rafah crossing.
According to The Telegraph, he was accused of ignoring officials who had advised him to give UNICEF, a different UN agency, between £100,000 and £200,000, and telling advisers that he was about to meet UNWRA delegates in Edinburgh, so “we should just announce an extra £250k to them”.
These claims were denounced as “outrageous” by the leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP).
