Pressure on UNRWA mounts as Arab countries slash donations

Pressure on UNRWA mounts as Arab countries slash donations

Arab countries have slashed donations to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) this year, piling pressure on an organisation already reeling from the loss of US funding and a crackdown by Israeli authorities. The agency, a vital lifeline for millions of Palestinian refugees, may be unable to pay the salaries of its thousands of employees by the end of the month as financial pressures mount. Funding from across the Arab world so far this…