The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) on Monday overwhelmingly rejected an initiative of the Arab states to hold an urgent discussion on the funding for UNRWA, the UN agency for “Palestinian refugees”.
Despite pressure that was exerted by these countries and their supporters on the representatives of the 176 countries participating in the IPU conference, the Israeli delegation, in which MKs Nachman Shai (Zionist Union) and Sharren Haskel (Likud) took part, succeeded in thwarting the Arab initiative.
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