Abbas Spokesman: Ending U.S. Aid to Palestinian ‘Refugee’ Agency a ‘Flagrant Assault’

The Times of Israel reports: A spokesman for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas assailed the US for announcing Friday that it will end all funding to the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, calling the move a “flagrant assault” against all Palestinians.

“The consecutive American decisions represent a flagrant assault against the Palestinian people and a defiance of UN resolutions,” Nabil Abu Rudeineh told the Reuters news agency late Friday, alluding to a series of US moves opposed by the Palestinians including the Trump administration’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

“Such a punishment will not succeed to change the fact that the United States no longer has a role in the region and that it is not a part of the solution,” he added.

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