You right wingers have this problem, You do not know the difference between "Refugees" and "Jihadis"
But on the plus side, I think our role in the ME may finally come to an end..
If we do not aid the victims, while we provide the munitions for the Saudis to bomb and k**l bus loads of school children, then what defensible role do we play in the ME?
the United Nations Relief and Works Agency has been around since 1948.. In all that time, the US has been the major cash cow.. should we get an atta-boy for that? You betcha..
But now by acting for Israel and doing the chore they have wanted for decades, we need to ask;;;; What is left for us to do in this sand pile?
Only the war machine has a role to play now.. so how about we remove all of our active participation and then the war people will still sell their products,
Fewer photos of blood and gore will be shown to upset those who give a darn..
It all seem win win.. Not only does the orange guy preserve his money deals with Israel, but fewer American bodies should have to come home in a box.
but in doing that, let us not change the t***h.... the UNRWA is helping victems, not terrorists.. If we play the role and take the ball and go home.. we should be honest about the players as well..
So to wind up... I have no axe to grind (at the moment) if we drop funding to UNRWA, But if we do so, then we should also stop promoting the several wars in the ME..
Come home and spend the new money to fix infrastructure..
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45377336The United States is ending all funding for the UN's Palestinian refugee agency, the US State Department says.
It described the organisation, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (Unrwa), as "irredeemably flawed".
The US administration has "carefully reviewed" the issue and "will not make additional contributions to Unrwa," spokeswoman Heather Nauert said.
A spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas later said the move was an "assault" against his people.
"Such a punishment will not succeed to change the fact that the United States no longer has a role in the region and that it is not a part of the solution," Nabil Abu Rudeina told Reuters news agency.
He added that the decision was "a defiance of UN resolutions".
Palestinians fear cost of Trump's aid cut
UN alarm as US cuts aid to Palestinians
A spokesman for Unrwa, Chris Gunness, defended the agency in a series of tweets.
"We reject in the strongest possible terms the criticism that Unrwa's schools, health centres, and emergency assistance programs are 'irredeemably flawed'," he wrote.
What is Unrwa?
Unrwa was originally set up to take care of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced by the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
The agency says it currently supports more than five million Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, including providing health care, education and social services.
The US has been the largest single donor to Unrwa, providing $368m (£284m) in 2016 and funding almost 30% of its operations in the region.
How has the international community reacted?
Earlier on Friday, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said his country would increase its contributions to the agency because its funding crisis was fuelling uncertainty.
"The loss of this organisation could unleash an uncontrollable chain reaction," Mr Maas said.
Meanwhile, the UN's secretary general, Antonio Guterres, has said he has "full confidence" in Unrwa, and called on other countries "to help fill the remaining financial gap".
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