Posted on 01/12/2018 2:15:43 AM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
Having survived the recent cabinet reshuffle the international development secretary, Penny Mordaunt, is confronted with the biggest headache of her short ministerial career: the fallout of the US intention to cut funding to UNRWA, which constitutes one of the most serious challenges to UK policies in the Middle East.
Donald Trump’s threat to cut financial assistance to the UN agency specifically responsible for Palestinian refugees will be a disaster not only for the refugees but also for Israel and neighbouring countries. It does not advance US interests either. Provoked by the Palestinian rejection of Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of the state of Israel, it takes the notion cutting off one’s nose to spite one’s face to a completely new diplomatic level. Although a final decision by the US is still pending, the loss of the regular subvention of $350m for UNRWA would be catastrophic for the region, with immense military and strategic implications for the US and its allies, including the UK.
If UNRWA were defunded by the US in this dramatic, sudden, and unplanned way, it would be forced to suspend within a few months most of its services to nearly 5 million Palestinian refugees. Half a million children in the Gaza Strip, West Bank, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon would be without schools, consigning them to the already volatile streets at a time when extremists are in full recruitment mode.
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Disaster for whom? Foreign aid is a disaster. Last time they blamed us for arming ISIs
Or, it might not.
They seem to forget it’s not their money. It’s our money.
So sick of these creeps how think we owe the world.
Surrounding Arab countries should be more than willing to help their neighbors from the “Palestinian” Ghetto.
Dear Guarduan, we in America are dick and tired of financing Muslim terrorist murder gangs like abbas and his plo/“pa” terrorists We quit! (Ps: perhaps you’d like to apologize to Your British readers for your paper’s role in promoting or defending the Islamic invasion of UK?)
That’s “Sick and tired” of helping Muslim terrorist murderers like abbas plo. . Ha! (But it’s fine either way, ha ha )
The PA is the world’s biggest disaster.
There are about 190 other countries who can fund this refugee nonsense that has been going on for 70 years.
We done being Uncle Sap.
We = We’re—in previous post.
We be done? 😁 Cut them to the bone. There, and other places too, are the sh!t holes of the world.
Palestinians would have to work for once instead of whining and demonstrating and terrorizing 24/7/365. Imagine if they devoted the same effort into building something?
This article just goes to show you, just how dependent how so much of the world has become dependent on the US and the US taxpayer. If the Palestinians were so great and their land was so safe and peaceful, there would be absolutely no reason for any of them to leave. However, their leadership opts for them to be in a permanent state of tension, violence and anger. Because without that, the leadership would no longer be in power, so they keep that fire stoked.
We sure don’t need to be helping educate their little terrorists in school.
Sorry, brother, slip of the tongue there.
Hope all is well on your side of the planet.
My best to you all.
Yep.
While all you people on the east coast are just waking up, it is about 7:30 PM on Friday here. It was uncomfortably warm today, about 85 degrees, with high humidity. Oh well, the price we have to pay, to be able to walk to the beach, and sip cool drinks. 😄😀😆👍
Where are ya sitting? Freepers are all over the globe. Im now in the mountains of Colombia.
Germany’s has the there best economy in seven years. Let them play the world’s Sugar Daddy for the next 50 years and see how that works out for them.
WINNING!
So how is Hong Kong these days ?
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