September 19, 2018 8:24 PM

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Thousands protest UN job cuts in Gaza

<span style="color: #222222;">Thousands of employees of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees protested in Gaza today against forced redundancies as a result of US funding cuts.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">More than 5,000 people attended the march that began at the Gaza headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, UNRWA.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The agency announced it would cut more than 250 jobs in Gaza and the West Bank and make over 500 other positions part-time, as it seeks to survive crippling financial shortfalls caused by US aid cuts.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Washington has provided more than 350 million dollar a year for the agency, but US President Donald Trump pulled all funding earlier this year.</span><br />''  

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