Anger, Rumors Spread as Aid Shifts for Palestinian Refugees

As he tries to scrape funds together to treat his daughter’s life-threatening condition, Fouad Abu Khaled is fearful, not just for the future of his family, but for the entire Palestinian diaspora. Recent changes in medical support offered by UNRWA — the U.N. body created to support Palestinian refugees — have left him, and many other Palestinians living in Lebanon, angry and uncertain. “I’m sure they will stop the funding,” Abu Khaled told VOA, referring to the financial aid...

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