Commentary: The U.S. freeze on aid to Palestinians undermines a Mideast solution
by Noura Erakat, Los Angeles Times
May 01, 2018
3 minutes
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency - better known as UNRWA - was created after 750,000 Palestinians fled their homes during the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict. Refugees in the Gaza Strip will mark the 70th anniversary of that exodus on May 15, the culmination of the symbolic "Great Return March" that has brought thousands of protesters to the territory's border with Israel this month, where they have consistently met excessive, lethal force
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