A human rights lawyer will become the first Israeli citizen to join the United Nations Relief and Works Agency. Allegra Pacheco, who has dual American and Israeli citizenship, will serve as a temporary field legal officer at UNRWA’s eastern Jerusalem office, according to the Israeli daily Ha’aretz. UNRWA, which is the main provider of health, education and relief services for Palestinian refugees in the Middle East, employs some 22,000 staff, more than 99 percent of whom are local Palestinians.
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