Hansen seeks world support to end Palestinian misery

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The head of the cash-strapped UN agency for Palestinian refugees on Wednesday appealed for international help, highlighting the miserable situation in Gaza and Israeli restrictions on his staff across the occupied territories.

"I would like to see mutual respect and cooperation between Israel and UNRWA," Peter Hansen told representatives of major donor nations and the host countries of the more than four million Palestinian refugees under his agency's care.

He charged that the latest Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip that has killed 116 people in two weeks, and Israel's construction of an Israeli barrier across the West Bank had crippled UNRWA's activities.

"We are living through yet another difficult times," Hansen said.

Middle East Online

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1. I am so heartbroken over the plight of the Palestinian people. n/t