In Monday’s nearly unanimous vote — with China and Russia abstaining rather than wielding their veto — global powers, along with both Israel and the Arab world, effectively handed Trump the right to demilitarize and deradicalize the Gaza Strip, while defining Hamas as the threat to peace. While European leaders declare the existence of a Palestinian state — and the UN Security Council envisions a pathway to achieving one — the truth is that UNRWA considers much of the population of the West Bank to be a “refugee” population under its aegis. To shutter UNRWA for good, the United States should impose terrorism sanctions on it, stopping the flow of money in and out of the agency and grinding its operations to a halt.
Author: Enia Krivine, Richard Goldberg
Published at: 2025-11-19 23:19:15
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