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Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/opinions/at-last-some-moral-clarity/
At Last, Some Moral Clarity on UNRWA
(Israel Hayom) Amnon Lord - The U.S. decision to end funding for UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, brings some much-needed moral clarity to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. UNRWA, and the refugee story it supports, serves to perpetuate the conflict by falsely claiming that there are more than 5 million Palestinian refugees. According to the Middle East Forum, the number of refugees who fled Israel in 1948 and are still alive is closer to 20,000. UN mechanisms, together with Arab states and the Palestine Liberation Organization, have prevented the absorption of these refugees in the countries to which they fled, thereby turning them into cannon fodder for the combative, vengeful policy they have adopted against the State of Israel. In the long run, the move will force the Palestinians to undergo a transformation that will see them invest in education instead of attack tunnels, terrorist activity and missile production. The American move asserts that the Palestinians are responsible for the fact that there is no peace between Israel and the Palestinian side. It is the Palestinians who need to change their outlook and not the Israeli government.