Former German banker Olaf Becker specialized in management efficiency before becoming head of the Jordanian branch of UNRWA two years ago, the main organization helping Palestinian refugees in Gaza and the rest of the Levant. Faced with a funding freeze by Washington and other donors in response to alleged ties between UNRWA and Hamas, Mr Becker says service cuts to hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees are unavoidable. “We will have [to start with] scaling back out least critical services,” he said.
