(Wall Street Journal) David Luhnow - For years, international relief workers and the Israeli military have reported weapons caches found in schools operated by UNRWA in Gaza. They learned of underground tunnels beneath UNRWA facilities and the theft by Hamas of agency-provided fuel and aid. In 2014, part of the parking lot at the UNRWA headquarters in Gaza began sinking, likely from a Hamas tunnel dug beneath. A former UNRWA official said, "No one talked about what was causing the collapse, but everyone knew." Western donors who pay for most of its $1.3 billion budget are questioning whether the agency has become irrevocably radicalized.
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