UNRWA: Eliminating the agency is long-term Israeli goal

GAZA, Feb. 17 (YPA) – The commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, said on Saturday that the elimination of the agency is Israel’s long-term goal.

“Israel believes that the elimination of the agency means the elimination of the right of Palestinian refugees to return”, the commissioner-general added.