US envoy to the UN says UNRWA ‘exaggerating’ effects of Israeli ban

The US envoy to the UN has said that they support Israel’s “sovereign decision” to shutter UNRWA in Jerusalem and that the agency is “exaggerating” the impact of an Israeli ban that experts and UN officials have said would have catastrophic impacts on humanitarian support for Palestinians.

“The United States supports this decision,” said envoy Dorothy Shea.