Leaders of 21 international humanitarian groups have urged the US to reconsider its decision to withhold $65 million from UN aid agency for Palestinian refugees.
The 21 international organisations warned of "dire consequences" due to unjustified funding cuts.
Meanwhile, they said they were alarmed by the Trump administration's link between aid and political objectives.
In a letter to Washington's UN Ambassador Nikki Haley and other top officials, published Thursday, they write that this marks a "dangerous and striking departure from US policy on humanitarian assistance."
Haley has linked aid to the Palestinians to their willingness to resume negotiations with Israel.
The UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) provides education and welfare services to some 5 million Palestinian refugees and their descendants in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
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