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August 31, 2018       Share:    

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-administration-to-end-us-funding-to-un-program-for-palestinian-refugees/2018/08/30/009d9bc6-ac64-11e8-b1da-ff7faa680710_story.html

U.S. to End Funding to UNRWA

(Washington Post) Karen DeYoung and Ruth Eglash - The Trump administration has decided to cancel all U.S. funding of the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) serving Palestinian refugees as it seeks a recalculation of U.S. foreign aid spending. In an announcement to be made within the next several weeks, the U.S. will call for a sharp reduction in the number of Palestinians recognized as refugees, according to officials familiar with the decision. The U.S. has long been the largest individual donor to UNRWA, pledging about 1/3 of the agency's $1.1 billion budget in 2017.

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