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Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=1905
Israel to Seek Closure of UN Refugee Aid Agency
(Israel Hayom) Shlomo Cesana - Israel intends to ask the UN to close down UNRWA, the agency that assists Palestinian refugees living in Judea and Samaria, Gaza and Jerusalem, saying the organization poses an obstacle to any future peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians because of its distorted definition of the term "refugee." UNRWA is separate from the UN's High Commissioner for Refugees, which aids all other refugees except Palestinians. UNRWA claims that there are close to 5 million Palestinian refugees, including the descendants of refugees. "Other refugees around the world are not afforded refugee status for generations," MK Einat Wilf said Sunday.