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70 years of UNRWA in a Middle East in turmoil: hopes and challenges for Palestine refugees

70 years of UNRWA in a Middle East in turmoil: hopes and challenges for Palestine refugees

02/04/2019, Rome, Istituto Affari Internazionali


Meeting with the participation of
Pierre Krähenbühl, Commissioner-General, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA)

Opening remarks
Luca Gori, Plenipotentiary Minister, Director of the Mediterranean and the Middle East Department, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Cristina Natoli, Head of the Jerusalem Office, Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS)

Trump’s Golan Recognition and Gaza Escalation

President Trump’s announcement that the US should recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, land Israel seized from Syria in the 1967 war and subsequently annexed in 1981 in violation of international law and UN security council resolutions, reflects the US administration’s complete disdain for established international norms and decades of US policy towards Israel and the Arab-Israeli conflict.