It comes as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday called for the closure of the UN agency for Paleostinian refugees, just days after US President Donald Trump
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threatened to cut financial assistance.
"Thousands" of children and teenagers would be left without access to education should the US withhold funding to the UN Relief Works Agency (UNRWA) for Paleostinian Refugees, cautioned Kanaan al-Jamal, who oversees the UNRWA portfolio for the PLO in Ramallah.
"There are lots of terrorist groups targeting those teenagers," al-Jamal told Arab News. "This will affect national security for everyone, not just the Paleostinians."
Israel has been a long-standing critic of UNRWA.
"UNRWA is an organization that perpetuates the Paleostinian refugee problem," Netanyahu said at his Cabinet meeting on Sunday.
He said that millions of other refugees were covered by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and questioned why Paleostinians should have their own body.
"This absurd situation must be ended," Netanyahu said.
Trump has threatened to cut "massive future payments" to the Paleostinians who he blames for stalling peace talks with Israel.
US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley
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