Experts Doubt Report of Israel, UAE Cooperation to Pull Plug on UNRWA Tara Kavaler 12/28/2020
Despite many problems plaguing the beleaguered UN Relief and Works Agency, its elimination would come with high costs for the Arab world
A recent report in the French newspaper Le Monde accused the United Arab Emirates and Israel of collaborating to eliminate the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), with no resolution of the refugee issue in sight. But experts on Israel and the Emirates say they doubt this is actually occurring.
A Palestine refugee, according to UNRWA, is one “whose normal place of residence was Palestine during the period 1 June 1946 to 15 May 1948, and who lost both home and means of livelihood as a result of the 1948 conflict,” as well as the descendants of male refugees. Few of the original refugees, estimated to number around 700,000 people, are still alive, but their descendants now number approximately 5 million. Those eli
India News: JERUSALEM: India on Thursday contributed another USD two million to the UN Palestine refugee agency, fulfilling its commitment of USD five million in .
India fulfills USD 5 million annual commitment to UN agency working for Palestinian refugees
India s total contribution to the agency providing basic services to Palestinian refugees stands at USD 5 million in 2020.
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India s representative in Palestine Sunil Kumar presents USD 2 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. (Photo| Twitter/ @ROIRamallah) By PTI
JERUSALEM: India on Thursday contributed another USD 2 million to the UN Palestine refugee agency, fulfilling its commitment of USD five million in aid annually to support its programmes and services, including education, health care, relief and social services for Palestinian refugees.