Introduction This Bulletin outlines BADIL’s position on the ongoing chronic financial crisis of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), highlighting structural obstacles in UNRWA’s funding framework, together with concerted and strategic political efforts by Israel and the United States (US) Administration to delegitimize and dismantle the Agency resulting in the present financial deficit. UNRWA began 2018 with a shortfall of $150 million following a $126 million deficit in 2017. The Agency’s financial stability was further jeopardized earlier this year following a decision by the US administration to cut its contribution by half, transferring only $60 million of a planned $125 million grant to UNRWA. Concerns about UNRWA’s deteriorating financial situation were raised at UNRWA’s Advisory Committee meeting earlier this month, as well as at the Pledging Conference for UNRWA held in New York. In light of recent events, BADIL aims to highlight the responsibility of the international community visà-vis Palestinian refugees, and by extension UNRWA. The Agency’s short-term but renewable mandate and the absence of mechanisms to address the natural growth of the Palestinian refugee population, together with the predominately voluntary funding system which is adversely susceptible to world politics, have resulted in a chronic funding crisis for UNRWA and decreases in the quality and quantity of services provided to refugees. Underlining the responsibility of the international community to ensure Palestinian refugees receive the humanitarian assistance and rights-based protections to which they are entitled, this Bulletin enumerates a number of steps to achieve a sustainable resolution to UNRWA’s predicament. BADIL imperatively recommends that: United Nations (UN) Member States ensure sufficient funding for the financing of UNRWA’s essential services and programs and, in cases where voluntary donations are insufficient, the 3