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The current #UNRWA crisis is a good opportunity to clear up some misunderstandings.

Chief among them is that Palestinians are somehow getting beneficial special treatment by having their own agency in UNRWA rather than being included in UNHCR's mandate.

This is nonsense to start with, because the origin of that setup is not special treatment but the simple fact that *UNRWA predates the establishment of UNHCR*.

For the longest time, this suited Israel just fine, because *UNRWA's mandate is actually WEAKER than UNHCR’s*.

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