When Israel last week accused a small number of UN Relief and Works Agency employees of participating in the violent Oct. 7 attack on the country, the US did not even hesitate before announcing a freeze in funding to the agency that supports Palestinian refugees.

The White House took swift action in response to a shocking assertion, but we do not know if Israel’s claims against UNRWA are true. We may never know what really happened. The unverified stories of what happened on Oct. 7 have been the force driving Israel’s boundless military assault.

Legitimate questions remain unanswered. Such as, of the approximately 1,200 Israelis reportedly killed during the Hamas attack, how many civilians were killed by Israeli soldiers who responded indiscriminately? No one has questioned any details of the attack or the contradictory reports of many witnesses, including Israelis.

Since the victims were Israeli, the US immediately embraced its government’s claims and Secretary of State Antony Blinken released indignant statements denouncing the terrorist attack and demanding that Arab countries not expand the conflict or defend Hamas.

President Joe Biden and Blinken accepted, on face value and on the word of Israel, that 1,200 Israelis were killed. They even embraced the rumors of the most extreme acts of carnage without any verified evidence. Israel’s........

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