Israel privately urging Trump to back down from UNRWA funding threat
The Israeli Foreign Ministry opposes the move for fear of an ensuing humanitarian disaster in Gaza.
A Palestinian man stands next to a cart carrying a flour sack distributed by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Khan Younis refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip January 3, 2018(photo credit: REUTERS/IBRAHEEM ABU MUSTAFA)ByERIC SUMNERUpdated: