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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: 240B on April 11, 2018, 07:30:57 pm
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The Washington Free Beacon
BY: Adam Kredo
April 11, 2018 12:10 pm
Congress is pressuring the State Department to release a long classified report on Palestinian refugees that insiders say could change the calculus on how the United States approaches the situation and allocates millions in taxpayer funds to a key United Nations agency, according to sources and a congressional letter obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.
Dozens of members of Congress have already signed on to an effort to force the release of this State Department publication, which sources say was originally classified by the Obama administration in order to keep the findings secret from the American public and lawmakers.
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While UNRWA provides support to some 5.3 million Palestinians they claim are refugees, the actual number could be closer to 20,000, according to sources familiar with the report. A disclosure of this nature could shift the narrative with UNRWA and lead the United States to consider cutting even more funding to the agency.
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http://freebeacon.com/national-security/congress-demands-state-department-release-game-changer-report-myth-palestinian-refugees/