Tag: UNRWA
Inaccurate news item: “Trump administration to end U.S. funding to U.N. program for Palestinian...
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“Trump administration to end U.S. funding to U.N. program for Palestinian refugees“ Washington Post, August 30, 2018.
represents an inaccurate news item.
Following the US government decision to cut off $65 million from the annual...
What’s on and off the table when it comes to Middle East peace
Long eluding his predecessors, U.S. President Donald Trump has not shied away from attempting to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which he has called the “deal of the century.”
Trump has broken with previous administrations by...
UNRWA lobbyists: Israel and Saudia Arabia keep it afloat as US funds dry up
The Israeli defense establishment is the strongest advocate for the U.N. Relief and Works Agency in the country. In the United States, UNRWA’s strongest lobbyist is Saudi Arabia. In recent months, both the Israeli...
Haley says US will introduce additional UN resolutions condemning Hamas
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said on Tuesday that on behalf of the Trump administration, she plans to introduce additional resolutions at the world body that condemn the terrorist group Hamas.
Since the...
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Reducing the malevolent impact of UNRWA
U.S. President Donald Trump gave the Jewish people a gift of historic proportions by taking the issue of Jerusalem off the table back in December. On Aug. 25, President Trump gave a gift that...
Report: US to take Palestinian ‘right of return’ off the table
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to soon unveil new policy that will cancel the Palestinians’ demand for “right of return” for its refugees and the refugees status of most of...
Where has all the Flour Gone: The Fake Humanitarian UNRWA Crisis
Over that past month, members of the US House Middle East Subcommittee raised concerns that humanitarian aid does not reach the Palestinian population, especially in Gaza.
The Center for Near East Policy Research, CFNEPR, contacted...
Report suggests that Trump’s Mideast team seeks an end to Palestinian ‘refugee’ status
U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East policy team’s effort to shutter the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) may include efforts to clarify that millions of Palestinians are not refugees, according to a...
Legislation aims to make U.S. aid to Palestinian refugee agency contingent on reform
New legislation introduced in Congress recently is seeking to make American aid to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNWRA)—the U.N. refugee agency that is solely dedicated to the Palestinian refugees—contingent on reform.
According...
US mulls another drastic cut to Palestinian aid agency’s budget
U.S. lawmakers have introduced a new piece of legislation that would drastically reduce U.S. funding for the United Nations relief agency for Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA.
The United States is UNRWA’s biggest contributor. In...