Abu Holi discusses with the Dutch Ambassador ways to support UNRWA and protect its mandate from the dangers of targeting it
Ramallah 2-4-2026
Search Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, Head of the Refugee Affairs Department Ahmed Abu Houli , during his meeting with the Head of the Delegation of_the Dutch Representation to the State of Palestine, Ver Michael Rintner, the conditions of the Palestinian camps and ways to support the rights of refugees and improving their living conditions, the existential challenges and financial crises that face the UNRWA agency..
During his meeting today, Thursday, at the headquarters of the Refugee Affairs Department in the city of Ramallah, Abu Holi reviewed the deteriorating humanitarian conditions in the Palestinian camps in the homeland and the diaspora, as a result of The decline level of basic services and the escalation of crises, calling for strengthening sustainable international financing, intensifying relief and development interventions to ensure improving the living conditions of refugees.
Abu Holi put the Dutch ambassador in the picture of the “most critical” financial crisis of 2026, as the agency faces a financing gap. It is estimated to 200 million $, which forced to carry severe austerity measures that included reducing salaries by 20% and terminating the contracts of 570 employees in Egypt, which directly threatens the system of basic services of education health relief,and undermines the humanitarian protection provided to millions of Palestinian refugees in the five operations areas warning of the danger of not translating international political momentum into actual financial flows..
He warned of the systematic targeting campaign aimed at liquidating the mandate of UNRWA, which reached its climax with the Israeli Knesset's decisions to ban its activities, close its schools, and seize its main headquarters in Sheikh J. He went on occupied Jerusalem, cutting basic services from its installations from water electricity and communication internet services, up to replacing the United Nations flag with the Israeli flag, violating its diplomatic immunities.
Abu Holi reviewed the exorbitant, unprecedented prices in the history of the United Nations that the agency paid, with the deaths of 391 martyrs from its cadres and the destruction of 75% of its facilities in the Gaza Strip, coinciding with the targeting of camps in the northern West Bank, which witnessed operations. Wide military targeting the camp infrastructure and service centers of the agency, which impeded the arrival of vital aid and exacerbating the suffering of refugees under a field siege and political restriction aiming to absent the only international witness to the refugee issue..
Abu Holi called on the Netherlands, based on its role as a host country of international courts, to take a pioneering stance that guarantees respect for international conventions and legal accountability, and implement the legal advisory opinions of the International Court of Justice, including the court’s advisory opinion regarding the obligations of the occupation. Israel towards the action and presence of United Nations organizations away from "double standards", especially in light of the genocidal war and destruction of camps in the Gaza Strip and forced migration and ethnic cleansing and the demolition of homes and aggression on camps in the West Bank and#occupied Jerusalem.
Abu Holi thanked the government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands for its principled positions in supporting the rights of refugees and rejecting settlement, and its continued support for international institutions. The Palestinian state, stressing that preserving UNRWA represents an urgent humanitarian necessity to guarantee the stability of the region and preserving the internationally guaranteed rights of refugees..
For his part, Michel Rentner affirmed his country's commitment to supporting UNRWA as a basic pillar of stability, and its keenness to continue cooperation to ensure the arrival of vital aid to Palestinian refugees..
He stressed the importance of transparency and enhancing the efficiency of work within UNRWA, stressing his country's support for continuing to support humanitarian and development programs that contribute to improving the living conditions of refugees..
The two sides agreed to strengthen coordination and joint cooperation, and to continue working with international partners to protect the rights of Palestinian refugees and improve their living conditions. .