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US confirms end to funding for UN Palestinian refugees

12:04 AM

Trump administration to pull support for essential services helping 5 million people

The Trump administration has announced it will cut all US funding for the main UN programme for Palestinian refugees, a move with potentially devastating impacts for five million people who rely on its schools, healthcare, and social services.

“The United States will no longer commit further funding to this irredeemably flawed operation,” the US State Department said in a statement, adding it was not willing to “shoulder the very disproportionate share of the burden” for the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA).

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/2PkgS2D

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