Chart source: https://www.unrwa.org/resources/about-unrwa/unrwa-figures Photo: UNRWA girls' school in the West Bank, 2008 (©UNRWA) number of clinics and the termination of employment contracts for health workers.9 The resultant deepening poverty and increased vulnerability of the Palestinian refugee population has highlighted the protection gap suffered by Palestinian refugees. Although the United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine (UNCCP) was established in 1948 to provide protection and promote a durable solution for Palestinian refugees, it has failed to provide the basic international protection 9 “UNRWA services reduction start to bite,” Middle East Monitor, 2 March 2018, available at: https:// www.middleeastmonitor.com/20180302-unrwa-services-reduction-start-to-bite/ [accessed 6 June 2018]. 7