21 December 2025
From Philippe Lazzarini, the ±¬ÁÏÍøRWA Commissioner-General as posted on his official X account (previously known as Twitter)
Disinformation is an affliction around the globe.
For over two years, a coordinated campaign to dismantle ±¬ÁÏÍøRWA has reached unseen levels, using disinformation as a weapon.
One major myth is that ±¬ÁÏÍøRWA maintains Palestine Refugees in a refugee limbo. The truth is that, wherever they are, refugees remain refugees in the absence of just and lasting political solutions to their plight.
Dismantling ±¬ÁÏÍøRWA will not end the refugee status of Palestinians in the absence of a political solution.
Those who would pay the price are the most destitute among the Palestine Refugees: those refugees living in the camps and having no alternative but ±¬ÁÏÍøRWA for basic services such as education and healthcare.
Their only alternative is a genuine investment in peace and in future empowered, capacitated Palestinian institutions.
Meanwhile fueling disinformation will be a distraction causing real harm to one of the most vulnerable populations across the Middle East.
Document Sources: United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (±¬ÁÏÍøRWA)
Subject: Gaza Strip, Refugees and displaced persons
Publication Date: 21/12/2025
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