The interim head of the U.N. agency that aids Palestinian refugees accused the U...
GAZA - The interim head of the U.N. agency that aids Palestinian refugees accused the United States on Thursday of lobbying foreign parliaments to stop donations to the organization, to which Washington cut off funding in 2018.
UNRWA has faced budgetary difficulties since 2018, when the United States, its biggest donor, halted its annual aid of $360 million. The United States and Israel have both accused UNRWA of mismanagement and anti-Israeli incitement. Saunders said the investigation had uncovered mismanagement related to human resources and abuse of authority, and that major donors, who had withheld funding while the inquiry was under way, have resumed contributions.
UNRWA, Saunders said, was also feeling “the pressure in East Jerusalem in particular”, where Israel was in the process of building schools and institutions “to compete” with the agency and stop it from operating there.
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