"In a dramatic move vastly expanding previously announced foreign aid cuts, the Trump administration has reportedly decided to end all funding to UNRWA, the UN agency responsible for Palestinian humanitarian assistance.
The decision to cut all aid to the UN's Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees was made at a meeting earlier this month between US President Donald Trump's adviser and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Foreign Policy reported Tuesday night.
Since then, the administration has informed 'key regional governments' of its plan, the report said.
A State Department spokesperson declined to comment on the apparent decision, according to Foreign Policy, but said that 'US policy regarding UNRWA has been under frequent evaluation and internal discussion.'...
UNRWA grants refugee status to all descendants of Palestinians who left or fled Israel with the establishment of the state in 1948, swelling the number to an estimated five million at present, when the number of actual refugees from that conflict is estimated to be in the low tens of thousands. In peace talks, the Palestinian leadership has always demanded a 'right of return' to Israel for these millions - an influx that, if accepted by Israel, would spell the end of the Israel as a majority Jewish state..."