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Main donor US unclear on UNRWA future, jettisoning it would leave black hole, agency chief says

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Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, attends a meeting of the Global Alliance for the implementation of the two-state solution, at Oslo City Hall in Oslo, Norway, January 15, 2025. (photo credit: HEIKO JUNGE/NTB/VIA REUTERS)
UNRWA head Philippe Lazzarini compared what would happen if the agency shut down to what happened in Iraq in 2003.