Trump expected to withdraw U.S. funding from UNRWA

Trump expected to withdraw U.S. funding from UNRWA


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President Donald Trump is expected to withdraw all American funding from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), the agency supplying aid to Gaza.

The executive order is likely to be signed on Wednesday as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with the president in Washington.

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“The UNHRC has demonstrated consistent bias against Israel, focusing on it unfairly and disproportionately in council proceedings,” a White House fact sheet shared with Politico said. “In 2018, the year President Trump withdrew from the UNHRC in his first administration, the organization passed more resolutions condemning Israel than Syria, Iran, and North Korea combined.”

The order will also instruct Secretary of State Marco Rubio to assess international organizations, conventions and treaties

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