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US halts funding for UN agency for Palestinian refugees

Palestinian school girls walk past sacks of flour outside a United Nations ' compound at the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip on Sept. 1, 2018. The United States announced on Aug. 31, 2018 it was halting funding for the United Nations ' agency for Palestinian refugees after declaring the organization was " irredeemably flawed. " Washington has long been the UN Relief and Works Agency ' s (UNRWA) largest donor but is " no longer willing to shoulder the very disproportionate share of the burden, " State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said in a statement.
Palestinian school girls walk past sacks of flour outside a United Nations' compound at the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip on Sept. 1, 2018.  The United States announced on Aug. 31, 2018 it was halting funding for the United Nations' agency for Palestinian refugees after declaring the organization was "irredeemably flawed." Washington has long been the UN Relief and Works Agency's (UNRWA) largest donor but is "no longer willing to shoulder the very disproportionate share of the burden," State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said in a statement.
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Girls sit inside a classroom at an UNRWA school during the first day of a new school year in Gaza City on Aug. 29, 2018.
Girls sit inside a classroom at an UNRWA school during the first day of a new school year in Gaza City on Aug. 29, 2018.
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A Palestinian man carries a sack of flour inside an United Nations ' compound after receiving food supplies at the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip on Sept. 1, 2018
A Palestinian man carries a sack of flour inside an United Nations' compound after receiving food supplies at the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip on Sept. 1, 2018
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Palestinian men collect aid food at a United Nations ' compound in the Rafah refugee camp.
Palestinian men collect aid food at a United Nations' compound in the Rafah refugee camp.
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A Palestinian man sits by sacks of flour inside an United Nations ' compound at the Rafah refugee camp on Sept. 1, 2018.
A Palestinian man sits by sacks of flour inside an United Nations' compound at the Rafah refugee camp on Sept. 1, 2018.
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A UN truck transports sacks of flour outside a United Nations ' compound at the Rafah refugee camp on Sept. 1, 2018.
A UN truck transports sacks of flour outside a United Nations' compound at the Rafah refugee camp on Sept. 1, 2018.
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Palestinian school girls play at UN Relief and Works Agency ' s (UNRWA) school in the Rafah refugee camp.
Palestinian school girls play at UN Relief and Works Agency's (UNRWA) school in the Rafah refugee camp.
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Saeb Erekat, secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, speaks to journalists in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Sept. 1, 2018. Palestinians reacted angrily to a U.S. decision to end all funding for the UN agency that assists millions of refugees, seeing it as a new policy shift aimed at undermining their cause. Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said the American administration was invalidating future peace talks by " preempting, prejudging issues reserved for permanent status " negotiations.
Saeb Erekat, secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, speaks to journalists in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Sept. 1, 2018.  Palestinians reacted angrily to a U.S. decision to end all funding for the UN agency that assists millions of refugees, seeing it as a new policy shift aimed at undermining their cause. Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said the American administration was invalidating future peace talks by "preempting, prejudging issues reserved for permanent status" negotiations.
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Palestinian refugee students attend a lesson at a United Nations Relief and Works Agency school, in the Al-Baqaa Palestinian refugee camp, near Amman, Jordan on Sept. 2, 2018.
Palestinian refugee students attend a lesson at a United Nations Relief and Works Agency school, in the Al-Baqaa Palestinian refugee camp, near Amman, Jordan on Sept. 2, 2018.
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Palestinian refugee children attend a class at a UN school in the Al-Baqaa Palestinian refugee camp.
Palestinian refugee children attend a class at a UN school  in the Al-Baqaa Palestinian refugee camp.
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Palestinian refugee pupils wait outside a United Nations Relief and Works Agency school in the Al-Baqaa Palestinian refugee camp.
Palestinian refugee pupils wait outside a United Nations Relief and Works Agency school in the Al-Baqaa Palestinian refugee camp.
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Palestinian refugee children play outside a United Nations school in the Al-Baqaa Palestinian refugee camp,
Palestinian refugee children play outside a United Nations school  in the Al-Baqaa Palestinian refugee camp,
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Palestinian refugee girls in Jordan get ready for the first day of the Amman New Camp preparatory school which is run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) on the outskirts of Amman, Jordan on Sept. 2, 2018.
Palestinian refugee girls in Jordan get ready for the first day of the Amman New Camp preparatory school which is run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) on the outskirts of Amman, Jordan on Sept. 2, 2018.
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Palestinian refugee children attend a school financed by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency at the Arroub Palestinian refugee camp near Hebron, in the West Bank, on Sept. 2, 2018.
Palestinian refugee children attend a school financed by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency at the Arroub Palestinian refugee camp near Hebron, in the West Bank, on Sept. 2, 2018.
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A Palestinian man sits by bicycles at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency ' s Fawwar Palestinian refugee camp in the southern West Bank, near Hebron, on September 2, 2018.
A Palestinian man sits by bicycles at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency's Fawwar Palestinian refugee camp in the southern West Bank, near Hebron, on September 2, 2018.
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Palestinian girls exit from a school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency in the Askar refugee camp east of Nablus in the occupied West Bank on Sept. 2, 2018.
Palestinian girls exit from a school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency in the Askar refugee camp east of Nablus in the occupied West Bank on Sept. 2, 2018.
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Refugee schoolchildren attend a ceremony to mark the return to school at one of the UNRWA schools at a Palestinian refugee camp Al-Wehdat, in Amman, Jordan, Sept. 2, 2018.
Refugee schoolchildren attend a ceremony to mark the return to school at one of the UNRWA schools at a Palestinian refugee camp Al-Wehdat, in Amman, Jordan, Sept. 2, 2018.
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A Palestinian refugee in Jordan walks past a ' no weapons allowed ' sign outside a clinic of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), at the new Amman camp on the outskirts of Amman, Jordan on Sept. 2, 2018.
A Palestinian refugee in Jordan walks past a 'no weapons allowed' sign outside a clinic of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), at the new Amman camp on the outskirts of Amman, Jordan on Sept. 2, 2018.
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