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UNRWA 8,000 Layoff Plan
Palestinian sources have disclosed a plan attributed to Christian Saunders, the acting commissioner-general of UNRWA, to lay off between 7,000 and 8,000 employees in the West Bank and Gaza Strip—around half of the agency’s workforce there—citing a funding shortfall estimated at about $70 million. Palestinian groups and representatives of donor countries have warned that the cuts could disrupt education, health and relief services. The PLO Executive Committee called for the measures to be put on hold, while Mahmoud Abbas instructed officials to contact the United Nations and donors to secure funding. There has been no independent official confirmation that the layoffs will be carried out or that the agency’s responsibilities will be transferred to other institutions, and the plan’s fate remains uncertain.
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