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Source: http://jta.org/news/article/2009/02/09/1002854/unrwa-under-fire-in-gaza-and-in-washington
UNRWA Under Fire in Gaza and Washington
[JTA] Ron Kampeas - UNRWA, the massive UN bureaucracy that administers assistance to the Palestinians, is locked in a battle in Washington with those who say the agency should be shut down because it has been co-opted by radicals. They challenge not only the legitimacy of UNRWA but the refugee status of the 4.3 million Palestinians it is charged with serving. In the U.S. Congress, Reps. Steve Rothman (D-N.J.) and Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) are reviving their campaign to cut U.S. funds to UNRWA until it comes clean about what the lawmakers say are its irregularities and its coziness with terrorists. The U.S. provides between a fifth and a quarter of UNRWA's annual budget.