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    'Half A Million Children' Are At Risk If The U.S. Cuts Palestinian Aid: U.N. Agency

    NPR spoke to the director of U.N. relief operations in the West Bank about how he makes the case for America's continued assistance in the region.
    by Michele Kelemen Feb 08, 2018 3 minutes

    The Trump administration is withholding half of its planned aid to the United Nations agency that helps Palestinian refugees. The former U.S. Army officer who directs the U.N. Relief and Works Agency in the West Bank is in Washington, trying to figure out what it will take to have that money restored.

    Before heading to the White House, Scott Anderson spoke to NPR on Wednesday about the case he is making.

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