On this day—October 22, 2010 Andrew Whitley, director of UNRWA’s New York office, told a Washington conference that the Palestinian “right of return” was unlikely to be exercised to any significant extent inside Israel, that most refugees would remain where they were, and that it was cruel to leave them with the illusion that they would one day return to homes inside what is now Israel. For saying these words, Whitley was attacked and forced into a retraction. UNRWA’s goal has been clear for decades: make “refugees” out of the descendants of Palestinian refugees so instead of shrinking as they resettle, they never resettle and the number grows exponentially to be used as a demographic weapon ensuring any “two state solution” would actually create two Arab states. UNRWA responded to Whitley saying his comments did not reflect the agency’s policies. Whitley gave in to the pressure quickly. He sent a letter retracting his comments and called them “inappropriate and wrong.” UNRWA released the letter publicly. Under UNRWA’s rules, refugee status is transmitted to descendants, producing a registered population that has grown from about 700,000 in 1948–49 to nearly six million today. This is unique to UNRWA and does not apply to any other refugees on Earth. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees seeks durable solutions including local integration and resettlement. UNRWA, on the other hand, keeps refugees as refugees no matter where they live in the world, no matter how successful they may have become, and no matter how far removed they are from the 1948 conflict. In short, UNRWA is one of the greatest weapons used against Israel’s continued existence. Whitley’s initial remarks were consistent with the outcome of every other major refugee population in the 20th century. The public reaction from Palestinian officials, Jordan, and others, followed by the agency’s disavowal and Whitley’s retraction, was a blatant example of UNRWA’s real “mandate.”