On Saturday 1 September, the spokesperson for the European External Action Service (EEAS) called on the USA to reconsider its decision to suspend US financial support to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).
Having cut is support to UNRWA significantly ($60 million paid in January compared with the usual $300 million annual payment), Washington announced on 31 August that is was suspending its aid (see EUROPE 11951). This...