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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Life is full of disasters. Suck it up and move on.
HOPE THY ALL STARVE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And what did aide purchase? The Arabs on the West Bank and in Gaza still call for the extermination of every Jew in Israel.
Why should we subsidize a society like that Dumper?
Why should we subsidize the U. N., and agency that advances their cause?
To hell with them both.
AND - consider that almost half the money that the Palestinian Authority receives (about $344 Million per year) is giving to families of terrorists to ‘reward them’ for actions against Israel.
Seems to me if the US cut its ‘donations’ to the PA, then the PA could still spend about $350 Million on the need of the people - and cut off aid to families of terrorists....or they could do what they usually do - screw over the general population and continue to reward terrorists.
CUT OFF THE MONEY. ALL of it. No US money to the Palestinian Authority, and no US money to the UNRWA.
You say:” Surrounding Arab countries should be more than willing to help their neighbors from the “Palestinian” Ghetto.”
Then again - Maybe not -
Headline”In apparent rift with Ramallah, Saudi Arabia halts PA funding
Senior Palestinian officials say around $120 million of financial aid withheld over last 6 months without explanation”
https://www.timesofisrael.com/signaling-riyadh-ramallah-rift-saudi-arabia-cuts-pa-funding/
You say:” Surrounding Arab countries should be more than willing to help their neighbors from the “Palestinian” Ghetto.”
Then again - Maybe not -
Headline”In apparent rift with Ramallah, Saudi Arabia halts PA funding
Senior Palestinian officials say around $120 million of financial aid withheld over last 6 months without explanation”
https://www.timesofisrael.com/signaling-riyadh-ramallah-rift-saudi-arabia-cuts-pa-funding/
I hope the UNWRA cut is the first of many cuts to the US, and that, eventually, ALL US funding for the US is cut!
Get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US!
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