The Commissioner General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, recently made another appeal for funding, this time to the Arab League. “Support to Palestine refugees is a collective obligation, including from Arab countries,” said Lazzarini, while warning that a decline in funding could risk the agency’s collapse. A collective obligation would have bound countries to funding and UNRWA would not be making any pleas to donor countries. Such a misleading depiction will not help Palestinians, but it will work in Israel’s favour. The same goes for the UN’s Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, when he addressed the UN Security Council yesterday, warning of the funding crisis faced by … Continue reading The humanitarian paradigm is an act of political violence against Palestinians