The Trump administration’s decision on Tuesday to slash its funding to the UN agency serving Palestinian refugees could have wide economic, social and political repercussions in Gaza, the West Bank, east Jerusalem as well as countries hosting the refugees. Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu accused Unrwa of perpetuating the Palestinian refugee problem“At stake is the access of refugees to primary health care, including prenatal care and other life-saving services. Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu accused Unrwa of perpetuating the Palestinian refugee problem and preserving the Palestinians’ “right-of-return . It is much more so now due to the failure of the peace process to deliver a Palestinian state where refugees could resettle. The UN refugee agency, the UNHCR, was also created in 1950, to resettle second World War refugees.

Source: The Irish Times January 17, 2018 20:03 UTC