The UNRWA is “not just about the delivery of services,” Muhammed Shehada from the Swiss-based Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said. “As long as UNRWA is there, it’s a reminder that the international community has a responsibility to solve the issue of Palestinian refugees,” he told AFP news agency. He indicated the economic hardship the Palestinian refugees suffer in the occupied West Bank, besieged Gaza Strip, Jordan and Lebanon, is due to security and unstable economic situations in those countries. Former US president Donald Trump publicly sided with Israel in blasting UNRWA and cut off its funding. President Joe Biden’s administration has restored funding, but Lazzarini warned in November last year that UNRWA was facing an “existential threat” over budget gaps.

Source: Ethiopian News May 02, 2022 12:20 UTC