EU Vows to Keep Backing UNRWA After Trump Scraps US Financial Aid for Palestine Refugees

By Middle East Eye, September 03, 2018

he 28-nation European Union, the biggest collective contributor to UNWRA, said on Saturday it will continue its support after the Trump administration's decision to cut its funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).

US Cuts to UNRWA Point to the Dark Future Being Readied for the Palestinians

By Jonathan Cook, September 03, 2018

The Trump administration's decision to scrap all future aid payments to the main agency helping Palestinian refugees marks a new – and most likely disastrous – chapter in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Trump's Position on Palestinian Refugees Is Dead Wrong

By Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, September 03, 2018

Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) opposes US President Donald Trump's decision to cease all funding to the UN aid agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA). The Trump administration declared Friday that it was cutting all funding to UNRWA, calling the organization an "irredeemably flawed operation," and seeking to reduce the number of Palestinians recognized as "refugees" under the UN system.

Freezing Humanitarian Support to Palestine: Trump Administration Pressuring Nations to Stop Funding The UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)