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HOUSE OVERSIGHT 033518 Is UNRWA vital for the Palestinians' future? A great international hue and cry followed the Trump administration's announcement the U.S. would no longer fund the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNWRA) because it is an "irredeemably flawed operation." Historically, the United States was the organization's biggest funder — in 2017, the U.S. covered nearly one-third of the agency's budget of $1.1 billion. Angered by the Palestinians' refusal to -