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NEW YORK - Israeli envoy Ron Prosor publicly blasted the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in Near East at a talk on Monday at the UN on whether the agency is a help or a hindrance in the pursuit of peace in the Middle East, and how it may perpetuate the refugee problem.
"UNRWA fuels false promises and gives grievance to dangerous myths," Prosor said. "We have heard time and time again that settlements are the major hurdle to peace. In these halls, no one will admit that the real obstacle is the so-called 'claim to return.'"
The right of return, Prosor reiterated, would "flood Israel with millions of refugees, and drown the Jewish state by sheer numbers."
Right of return, he said, is actually a euphemism for the destruction of Israel.
UNRWA is responsible for helping fuel this "fiction" of the right of return to Palestinian children through their textbooks and schools.
"I reaffirm Israel's support for UNRWA's humanitarian mission - and I emphasize humanitarian mission," he said. "We have worked together to provide essential services, education and promote gender equality. Despite our success, our work is overshadowed by the disparity in the UN's treatment of refugees."
That is, in addition to the right of return, the fact that the UN puts Palestinian refugees in a class of their own, separate from those from elsewhere in the world, has...