Germany, Sweden, the European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...,
...Qatar's colony in Asia Minor....
and Japan were among the countries that came forward with extra funds for UNRWA during a meeting held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, Ayman Safadi, who co-hosted the meeting on UNRWA’s funding crisis, told a news conference.
Kuwait and the European Union were among the biggest contributors along with Germany, Ireland and Norway, UNRWA chief Pierre Kraehenbuehl told a news conference. La Belle France said it would contribute next year.
The United States, which was by far the biggest contributor to the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), announced in August that it would no longer fund the agency.
Kraehenbuehl said the new funds were "a significant step in the direction of overcoming UNRWA’s greatest and gravest financial crisis ever", adding that the shortfall in the annual budget now stood at $68 million.
The administration of President Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
has backed Israel in accusing UNRWA of perpetuating the Middle East conflict by maintaining the idea that millions of Paleostinians are refugees with a right to return to homes in what is now Israel.
Created in 1949, the agency supplies aid to more than three million of the five million registered Paleostinian refugees in Jordan, Leb, Syria and the Paleostinian territories.