Israel shut down six UNRWA schools in Jerusalem ahead of the Nakba’s 77th anniversary – Mondoweiss

When the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) was established in 1949, it started its operations in Jerusalem. Nobody expected that it would be forced to shut down its activities in the face of Palestinian refugees in the city who still needed its services. Even more perversely, Palestinians could never have imagined that the only institution that bore witness to their forced displacement would be forced out of Jerusalem during the 77th commemoration of the Nakba.

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