A leading genocide prevention group has sounded the alarm over threats to the future of the UN’s Palestine refugee agency, saying that “genocidal acts against Palestinians” will continue unless funding to the organisation is reinstated. The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention said it was “deeply concerned” by the decision of several countries – including the US, UK, and Germany – to suspend funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). The statement, issued on 31 January, said that the suspension of support to UNRWA was a “serious escalation” of the crisis in Gaza. The de…