Time for UNRWA to go – It is past time for two things to happen: the disbanding of UNRWA and its mandate, and the assumption of its duties by the UNHCR. | The Jerusalem Post

Palestinian Arabs have occupied everyone’s attention in recent weeks as a result of the rioting and disturbances on the Israeli/Gaza border. Yet few wonder why the refugees, on whose explicit behalf these days of rage have been launched, are there at all. Most refugee problems are dealt with in a matter of months or at most years, yet few pause to consider why a Palestinian Arab refugee problem still exists after 70 years.