The furious Palestinian reaction to the recent declaration by the so-called “Board of Peace” — that the United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) “has no place in the new Gaza Strip” — has once again exposed a fundamental truth that many in the international community continue to ignore: for the Palestinians, UNRWA is not just a humanitarian agency. It is a political institution that keeps alive the dream of the so-called “right of return” — a demand that, by overwhelming Israel’s population of roughly 10 million with millions of supposed “refugees” — would effectively bring about the end of Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people.
The Real Reason the Palestinians Are Fighting to Save UNRWA
