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Fiery rhetoric sparks ‘real flames’ at UNRWA East Jerusalem office Interviews

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Two arson attacks which followed weeks of protests forced UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA to temporarily close its compound in East Jerusalem on Thursday.
The developments are part of a wider campaign to undermine the agency, said Senior Communications Manager Jonathan Fowler.
UN News’s Ezzat El-Ferri asked him about these incidents, intimidation of UNRWA staff, and their commitment to stay and deliver amid the war in Gaza and rising violence in the West Bank.

Two arson attacks which followed weeks of protests forced UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA to temporarily close its compound in East Jerusalem on Thursday.
The developments are part of a wider campaign to undermine the agency, said Senior Communications Manager Jonathan Fowler.
UN News’s Ezzat El-Ferri asked him about these incidents, intimidation of UNRWA staff, and their commitment to stay and deliver amid the war in Gaza and rising violence in the West Bank.

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