In 1950, the UN set up the United Nations Relief and Works Agency as a "temporary" relief effort for Palestinian refugees. Former UNRWA director Ralph Galloway stated eight years later that, "the Arab states do not want to solve the refugee problem. They want to keep it as an open sore, as a weapon against Israel. Arab leaders do not give a damn whether Arab refugees live or die." The only thing that has changed since then is the number of Palestinians cooped up in these prison camps."
50 years later, and still nothing has changed. Galloway was correct. The UN provides services to all other refuges in the world from one bureau. Only the "Pals" have their own exclusive bureau, the UNRWA, completely controlled by the Arab League. |
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