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Source : (afp)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees is fuelling \u00abunrealistic\u00bb hopes of return after 70 years of exodus and is therefore helping keep the Mideast conflict alive, Switzerland’s foreign minister said Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)was established after the war surrounding Israel’s creation in 1948, when around 700,000 Palestinians fled or were expelled.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

But Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis pointed out that the number of Palestinian refugees living in Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, the West Bank and Gaza has swelled to more than five million.<\/p>\n

\u00abIt is unrealistic that this dream (of return) will be fulfilled for all,\u00bb he said in an interview given to several German-language papers owned by the Swiss NZZ group.<\/p>\n

\u00abBut UNRWA maintains this hope. For me, the question is whether UNRWA is part of the solution or part of the problem,\u00bb he said, concluding that \u00abit is both\u00bb.<\/p>\n

The UN agency, he said, \u00abworked as a solution for a long time, but today it has become part of the problem.\u00bb<\/p>\n

– Fuelling the conflict? –<\/p>\n

\u00abIt provides ammunition to continue the conflict. For as long as Palestinians live in refugee camps, they will want to return to their homeland,\u00bb he said.<\/p>\n

\u00abBy supporting UNRWA, we are keeping the conflict alive.\u00bb<\/p>\n

His comments came after a month and a half of mass protests and clashes along the Gaza border, calling for Palestinian refugees to be able to return to their homes now inside Israel.<\/p>\n

The largest demonstrations coincided with the move of the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem on Monday, which saw Israeli forces kill some 60 Palestinians, pushing the overall toll well over 100.<\/p>\n

UNRWA is meanwhile struggling to cover a massive budget shortfall, after major donor Washington slashed its 2018 funding.<\/p>\n

The administration of US President Donald Trump has opted to cut the $360 million offered in 2017 to a commitment of just $60 million this year, leaving UNRWA scrambling to raise nearly half a billion dollars to guarantee services until the end of the year.<\/p>\n

Switzerland is among a group of countries who together pledged about $100 million in March to help fill the shortfall.<\/p>\n

Despite his scepticism of the role UNRWA is playing in the Middle East, Cassis warned the sudden funding cut facing the agency posed \u00aba big risk\u00bb.<\/p>\n

\u00abMillions of Palestinians could take to the streets,\u00bb he said, cautioning that lacking funds could cause the breakdown of a \u00abmachinery that provides stability\u00bb.<\/p>\n

\u00abThis is a risk that Switzerland cannot afford,\u00bb he said.<\/p>\n

Cassis said his country would continue funding UNRWA, but he also called for a heavier focus on integrating Palestinian refugees into their host communities.<\/p>\n

He said for instance that \u00abinstead of supporting UNRWA schools and hospitals, we could help the Jordanian institutions promote integration of Palestinian refugees.\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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