Contents 1 1. Introduction 2 2. Decontextualization of the Mandate 4 3. Politicized Governance and Scenarios of Collapse 8 4. Understanding the Implications of Each Scenario 8 4.1. Scenario One: “Inaction and Potential Collapse of UNRWA” The Colonial Fantasy of Spontaneous Disappearance 8 4.2. Scenario Two: “Reduction of services” - Collapsing UNRWA by Fragmentation 9 4.3. Scenario Three: “Institutionalizing collective responsibility” Collapse by Co-optation 13 4.4 Scenario Four: “Maintaining UNRWA’s rights-based core while gradually transferring service delivery” — Collapse Rebranded as Transition 15 5. Rejecting the Blueprint for Dismantlement 19 6. Recommendations