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| Warnings of fallout after US freezes funding for Palestinian refugees |
| 2018-01-18 |
| [GEO.TV] The UN agency for Paleostinian refugees warned Wednesday it faced its worst funding crisis ever after the White House froze tens of millions of dollars in contributions, a move Paleostinian leaders decried as cruel and blatantly biased. The agency provides Paleostinian refugees and their descendants across the Middle East with services, including schools and medical care, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has long accused it of hostility toward Israel and called for its closure. Around five million Paleostinians are eligible for its services. On Tuesday, the United States held back $65 million that had been destined for the agency, two weeks after US President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... threatened future payments. US is the largest contributor to the United Nations ...where theory meets practice and practice loses... Relief and Works Agency for Paleostinian refugees (UNRWA). "The US has announced it will contribute $60 million to the programme budget. There is for the moment no other indication of possible funding," UNRWA Spokesperson Chris Gunness told AFP. "This dramatically reduced contribution results in the most severe funding crisis in the history of the agency." He added, "stability in the Middle East is what we are talking about and the potential impact of UNRWA being destabilised is very likely to be widespread, profound, unpredictable and catastrophic." Senior Paleostinian officials reacted with outrage to what they see as another move against them by Trump’s White House following his declaration of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #16 plus, they aren't used to that "indoor plumbing" shit |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-01-18 20:50 |
| #15 Oh yes, my East Texas piney woods brethren in Palestine TX would welcome them with open arms...at the next Baptist Church potluck dinner. Maybe because the odds are that just about anyone that can walk has a firearm on their person...I am certain the Palestinians would find themselves with kindred spirts, or at least with regards to having firearms. I will assure you that gun sex is not smiled upon in Texas. We fought at the Alamo over that stuff. And so what is so bad about being...umm...Texans? |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2018-01-18 20:44 |
| #14 Fallout? They don't know sh*t about fallout. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2018-01-18 19:46 |
| #13 Do not recommend they try moving there. The locals are....ummm...Texans. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2018-01-18 16:17 |
| #12 Palestine, TX |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-01-18 15:07 |
| #11 There is no such thing as "Palestine" Posted by: newc Small town in Southern Illinois near the Wabash. Nothing more. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-01-18 14:56 |
| #10 There is no such thing as "Palestine" |
| Posted by: newc 2018-01-18 14:30 |
| #9 "This dramatically reduced contribution results in the most severe funding crisis in the history of the agency." 5 star restaurants in Geneva and NYC hardest hit. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2018-01-18 09:36 |
| #8 Betcha 10 years after UNRWA is dissolved, we won't hear about "Palestinian Refugees". |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-01-18 09:21 |
| #7 Self-imposed refugees. |
| Posted by: W. Mussolini3963 2018-01-18 08:41 |
| #6 Considering they will just blow it on terrorists anyway... I'd rather just keep it and let Israel take care of them with their typical tender, sweet and tender methods. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2018-01-18 08:29 |
| #5 Give us money or we'll riot? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-01-18 03:27 |
| #4 Nah. They're gonna live stupid then die. Just like always. First things first, after all. |
| Posted by: gorb 2018-01-18 01:18 |
| #3 He added, "stability in the Middle East is what we are talking about and the potential impact of UNRWA being destabilised is very likely to be widespread, profound, unpredictable and catastrophic." Eh... What stability in the Middle East? Is there some stability to be made unstable somewhere? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2018-01-18 01:18 |
| #2 "This dramatically reduced contribution results in the most severe funding crisis in the history of the agency." I's really gonna hamper their efforts at providing those 'schools and medical care' services, isn't it? |
| Posted by: Raj 2018-01-18 01:14 |
| #1 In other words if we don't pay up they will do what they are going to do anyway. (only we won't be paying for it). |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2018-01-18 00:43 |