“pending a just and durable solution to the question of Palestine.”5 However, it quickly reframes the Agency’s purpose through the lens of regional political dynamics and the Israeli regime’s ‘security’ interests. In doing so, it reiterates Israeli demonization of UNRWA and its colonial agenda. Crucially, within the scenario framework, the Assessment detracts from one of the central legal foundations for Palestinian refugee rights: UNGA Resolution 194 and in particular, Article 11 which affirms their right to reparations (including return, property restitution, and compensation, rehabilitation and non-repetition) for those displaced in 1948 and their descendants.6 This resolution predates the establishment of UNRWA and remains the legal, political, and moral foundation of refugee rights.7 Article 5 of Resolution 302 explicitly links UNRWA’s mandate to the unfulfilled right of return outlined in Article 11 of Resolution 194,8 stating that its operations are “without prejudice” to that right.9 Therefore, UNRWA’s continued existence is inseparable from the ongoing non-implementation of Article 11 of Resolution 194, serving as both a humanitarian response and political acknowledgement of the failure to fulfill the right to reparations for Palestinian refugees. The two resolutions are inextricably linked: Resolution 302 operationalizes the international community’s 5 United Nations. Report to the Secretary-General: UNRWA Strategic Assessment, 2025, 5. 6 United Nations General Assembly. Resolution 194 (III), Palestine — Progress Report of the United Nations Mediator. A/RES/194, December 11, 1948. https://www.securitycouncilreport.org/ atf/cf/%7B65BFCF9B-6D27-4E9C-8CD3-CF6E4FF96FF9%7D/IP%20ARES%20194. pdf. 7 BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights. UNRWA’s Role in Protecting Palestine Refugees. 2004. accessed July 23, 2025. https://badil.org/cached_uploads/ view/2021/04/19/wp-e-09-1618822871.pdf. 8 United Nations General Assembly. Resolution 194 (III), Palestine — Progress Report of the United Nations Mediator. A/RES/194, December 11, 1948. https://www.securitycouncilreport.org/ atf/cf/%7B65BFCF9B-6D27-4E9C-8CD3-CF6E4FF96FF9%7D/IP%20ARES%20194. pdf. 9 United Nations. General Assembly, Resolution 302 (IV): Assistance to Palestine Refugees, adopted 8 December 1949, https://www.unrwa.org/content/general-assembly-resolution-302. 3