A lean, mean U.N. operation is what the White House should want. By Michael Rubin, Middle East Forum The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) is a blight on both refugees and the United Nations system. Founded in 1949, its own administrators in 1951 recommended that it disband. While the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) helped settle refugees and prevent permanent refugee crises worldwide, UN…
A report, published on 7 July by the German Rosa-Luxemburg Foundation, highlights the role of pressure groups linked to the Israeli right in the demonization of UNRWA, on the edge of financial asphyxiation.