Philippe Lazzarini discusses UNRWA’s future amid Israeli accusations, funding cuts, and Gaza’s deepening disaster.
UNRWA Commissioner-Basic Philippe Lazzarini discusses the challenges going through the UN company established to assist Palestinian refugees. Amid a humanitarian disaster in Gaza, the place greater than 250 UNRWA employees have been killed and infrastructure destroyed, the company additionally faces accusations from Israel of ties to Hamas, which it denies.
These claims have led to frozen funding from key Western donors, threatening its operations. With hundreds of thousands of Palestinians counting on its help, Lazzarini addresses whether or not UNRWA can stand up to political and monetary assaults whereas persevering with to satisfy its mandate in one of many world’s most complicated and devastating crises.
