„Once again the U.S Administration proves its complicity with the Israeli occupation by attempting to remove another permanent status issue off the table,“ concluded the PLO official.

UNRWA was created by a UN decision in 1950 to care for around one million Palestinian refugees following their displacement from their country and homes after Israel‘s creation in 1948.

It currently cares for the displaced refugees and their offspring who now number over five million found in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, Gaza Strip, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon.