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Belgium counters US with $23 million for UNRWA
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleBelgium has stepped in to help out the UN agency assisting Palestinian refugees with an immediate disbursement of $23 million after the Trump administration suspended $65 million in aid for the international organization.
Belgian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander De Croo says that “for a lot of Palestinian refugees, the UNRWA is the last life buoy.”
De Croo says he was responding to a global fundraising appeal from UNRWA in hopes of making up for funding cuts announced by the United States. The 19 million euros is Belgium’s allocation for three years but because of the group’s immediate need, De Croo’s office said it will be “disbursed immediately.”
— AP
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