Axios: Scoop: U.S. freezes funds to U.N. relief agency, diplomats say
The Trump administration has frozen $125 million in funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, which provides aid to Palestinian refugees, according to three Western diplomats who were informed of the move. They said the funding, one third of the annual U.S. donations to the agency, was supposed to be transferred by Jan. 1 but was withheld.
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Update #1: U.S. freezes $125 million funds for Palestinian refugees: report -- Reuters
Update #2: US freezes payment to UN agency for Palestinian refugees: report -- The Hill
WNU Editor: The U.S. is denying these reports .... US official denies that funds for Palestinian refugees frozen (Reuters).
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I remember reading about this elsewhere and thought it to good to be true. The denial by the US official confirms my suspicions.
Why should we bankroll the Palestinians? Many of our own are in desperate need and the Palestinians wish us harm. Such aid makes no sense. Of course, when I first saw the news, I suspected it was to good to be true. Now I know.
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