UNRWA spokesman warns of 'severe funding crisis'

A spokesman for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugee (UNRWA) warned on Wednesday that the U.S. cut to the aid it provides the agency would result in a “severe funding crisis”.

The State Department on Tuesday announced the cut, saying the U.S. had sent $60 million to keep UNRWA in operation but withheld a further $65 million. The official explained the need to re-examine both the way UNRWA operates as well as the way it is funded.