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Hamas and PA Reject U.N. Requests To Take In 150,000 Palestinian Refugees From Syria

Citing ideological and financial issues, both Hamas and the Palestinian Authority have rejected U.N. requests to take in approximately 150,000 Palestinian refugees from Syria. Hamas’s Gaza head, Ismail Haniyeh, reportedly told UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, that taking in refugees would be used by Israel against Palestinians’ future demands for “right to return” to villages in Israel. The PA, experiencing a major debt crisis, has begged regional Arab leaders for millions of dollars in loans. A substantial number of Palestinians in Syria have already fled to Lebanon and Jordan, resulting in increased hostilities between the countries and the refugees.

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