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Why are Israel and its Western allies targeting UNRWA? | The Bottom Line

Why are Israel and its Western allies targeting UNRWA? | The Bottom Line

Update: 2024-02-181
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About 20 countries have announced suspension of funding to UNRWA, the agency that has been providing services to Palestinian refugees since 1950.

The official reason for the suspension was Israel’s accusation that a dozen UNRWA employees in Gaza had participated in the October 7 Hamas attacks.

To understand the potential consequences of undermining UNRWA – especially amid a humanitarian catastrophe – host Steve Clemons speaks with Leila Hilal, a former adviser to the UNRWA commissioner-general, and Anne Irfan, lecturer at University College London and author of Refuge and Resistance: Palestinians and the International Refugee System.
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Why are Israel and its Western allies targeting UNRWA? | The Bottom Line

Why are Israel and its Western allies targeting UNRWA? | The Bottom Line

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