Published : 02-09-2018
The United States said it decided to cut all funding for the UN's Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA).
The US State Department says described UNRWA as "irredeemably flawed".
The US administration has "carefully reviewed" the issue and "will not make additional contributions to UNRWA," spokeswoman Heather Nauert said.
The latest move comes after the US announced back in January that it would withhold more than half of a tranche of funding for the agency.
UNRWA was originally set up to take care of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced by the 1948 Israeli war.
The agency says it currently supports more than five million Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, including providing health care, education and social services.
The US has been the largest single donor to Unrwa, providing $368m (£284m) in 2016 and funding almost 30% of its operations in the region.
Earlier this year, the US President Donald Trump threatened to cut aid to the Palestinians over what he called their unwillingness to negotiate with Israel.
The US and Israel also disagree with UNRWA on which Palestinians are refugees with a right to return to the homes they fled following the 1948 war.
The United States said it decided to cut all funding for the UN's Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA).
The US State Department says described UNRWA as "irredeemably flawed".
The US administration has "carefully reviewed" the issue and "will not make additional contributions to UNRWA," spokeswoman Heather Nauert said.
The latest move comes after the US announced back in January that it would withhold more than half of a tranche of funding for the agency.
UNRWA was originally set up to take care of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced by the 1948 Israeli war.
The agency says it currently supports more than five million Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, including providing health care, education and social services.
The US has been the largest single donor to Unrwa, providing $368m (£284m) in 2016 and funding almost 30% of its operations in the region.
Earlier this year, the US President Donald Trump threatened to cut aid to the Palestinians over what he called their unwillingness to negotiate with Israel.
The US and Israel also disagree with UNRWA on which Palestinians are refugees with a right to return to the homes they fled following the 1948 war.
