The US administration has decided to end all funding to UNRWA, the agency that provides humanitarian aid to millions of Palestinian refugees, several informed sources told Foreign Policy magazine

The decision was taken months after US president Donald Trump scaled back his country’s financial support for UNRWA.

 

Foreign Policy quoted analysts as saying that the step would cause more hardship and possibly unrest in Gaza, the West Bank, and other parts of the Middle East.

 

The decision was made at a meeting earlier this month between Trump’s advisor and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and secretary of state Mike Pompeo, according to the sources.

 

The administration has informed key regional governments in recent weeks of its plan.

 

The US had been providing UNRWA some $350 million a year, which was more than any other country gave. The sum amounted to more than a quarter of the agency’s $1.2 billion annual budget.

 

Source: The Palestinian Information Center