Palestinian refugees News
India's representative to Palestine Sunil Kumar on Wednesday handed over USD one million to United Nation's body for Palestinian refugees.
This is the second tranche in 2020, and out of the total commitment India makes to UNRWA of USD 5 million, USD 3 million has been paid now.
A spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas denounced the decision as "a flagrant assault against the Palestinian people and a defiance of UN resolutions."
"It is time UNRWA be dismantled and merged with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees," Netanyahu said.
Indian-American actor Kal Penn aka Kalpen Suresh Modi, who won the MasterChef Celebrity Showdown, donated the USD 25,000 prize money to the UN Palestinian refugee agency, UNRWA.
The Yarmouk camp is a large district in southern Damascus. It has recently become a stage of intense battles between the Al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front and the Islamic State group.
The EU today released 252.5 million euros in aid to support the Palestinian Authority's health and education programmes.
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