Jerusalem, Israel: UN Agency Evicted

The U.S. decision to cut $300 million to UNRWA has created a rare opportunity to replace UNRWA’s services with services of the Jerusalem Municipality. We are putting an end to the lie of the ‘Palestinian refugee problem’ 

10-5-18, The United Nations agency UNRWA was founded in 1949 to provide aid to Arab refugees from Israel’s War of Independence. Still operational today, UNRWA provides funding and resources to tens of thousands of Muslim refugees, but also to their 5 million-plus descendants in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Gaza and the Palestinian Authority. Although it has not identified descendants of refugees as refugees in any other population dispute worldwide.Israel has argued that UNRWA perpetuates the problem of Palestinian “refugees” by discouraging their absorption in other countries, as well as inflating their numbers.

Barkat said the new U.S. policy cutting $300 million to the controversial organization inspired the move, which will see unlicensed UNRWA-run schools, medical centers and sports facilities transferred to Israeli authorities. He said:

“The U.S. decision has created a rare opportunity to replace UNRWA’s services with services of the Jerusalem Municipality. We are putting an end to the lie of the ‘Palestinian refugee problem’ and the attempts at creating a false sovereignty within a sovereignty.”