A spokesman for UNRWA says the end of US support will be “difficult,” but will not cause the UN agency for Palestinian refugees to close its doors.
“It will be difficult, but UNRWA will not abandon its responsibilities,” Adnan Abu Hasna says in an interview with Hadashot news… [the cut in US aid] will not destroy UNRWA.”
Hasna slams the Trump administration for blaming UNRWA for perpetuating the Palestinian refugee issue.
“UNRWA is doing its job in accordance with a UN resolution, if they want to destroy UNRWA, then they should go to the UN and explain it there,” he says. “If they have a majority, there will be no more UNRWA.”
Hasna says the UN agency provides food and education to over a million Palestinian in Gaza, and without it, humanitarian conditions in the Strip would significantly deteriorate.
“If there will be no UNRWA, there will be starvation in Gaza,” he says.
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