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U.S. UNRWA Defunding a Step in the Right Direction
(Ynet News) Ben-Dror Yemini - The official number of Palestinian refugees according to UNRWA is 5.3 million. The actual number, without descendants, is between 20 and 30,000 at most, because some have already been granted citizenship in Jordan and others have become financially established, so according to the UN definition they are not refugees. The "Palestinian refugee problem" would have been resolved if standard refugee procedures had been implemented with the Palestinians as well. The fear that a vacuum would be filled by Hamas if UNRWA leaves Gaza is a little strange. In the recent elections for UNRWA institutions, the Hamas-associated list won a crushing victory. Education at UNRWA institutions primarily produces Hamas activists. After almost 70 years of the big refugee scam, the time has come for a change. As long as UNRWA is the main instrument for perpetuating the refugee problem and nurturing the return fantasy, it is the problem, not the solution.