United Nations, United States – AFP An independent review group on the UN agency for Palestinians found “neutrality-related issues” but noted Israel had yet to provide evidence for allegations that a significant number of its staff were members of terrorist organizations. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) rem...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army bombed a UN school in the Nuseirat camp twice within 24 hours. Eyewitnesses said that Israeli artillery bombed a school run by the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) in the New Camp area in Nuseirat, causing severe damage to the school. There are no reports of […]
President Joe Biden has signed the bill passed by Congress banning funding UNRWA, the U.N. agency which feeds Palestinians, for at least a year. The U.S. was the refugee agency’s largest donor providing $300 to million annually. The new law also bans funding of the U.N. agency investigating Israel, known as the U.N. Commission of […]
Palestinian Territories – AFP The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees has said that Israel has definitively barred it from making aid deliveries in northern Gaza, where the threat of famine is highest. “Despite the tragedy unfolding under our watch, the Israeli Authorities informed the UN that they will no longer approve...
Washington, United States – AFP The United States said Tuesday that Israel should let the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA into Gaza, after he was denied entry. “Our belief is that they should be able to visit UNRWA’s field of operation, including in Gaza, and we’re going to continue to work [&hellip...
Palestinian Territories – AFP The UN agency for Palestinian refugees said one of its warehouses in war-ravaged Gaza was hit Wednesday, amid mounting efforts to bring food to the besieged Palestinian territory. Israel’s war on Gaza since October 7 has caused mass deaths of Palestinians, reduced vast areas to a rubble-strewn wastelan...
Gaza City- Occupied Palestinian Territories- “Look how we live! There are no bathrooms, no water and no food. Trash is everywhere. We sleep near piles of garbage!” says a displaced Palestinian woman living in a destroyed UNRWA school that has been turned into a shelter in Jabalia, in the north of the Gaza Strip. As famine […...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel and the main Palestinian aid agency traded accusations Monday of “terrorism” and torture, after the United States stepped up pressure for a cease-fire in Gaza. While mediators in Cairo persisted with efforts toward a Gaza truce, the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) ca...
United Nations, United States – AFP Dismantling the UN Palestinian refugee aid agency (UNRWA) would sacrifice a “generation of children,” its chief Philippe Lazzarini warned on Monday amid an increasingly bitter row between the UN and Israel. “Dismantling UNRWA is short-sighted. By doing so, we will sacrifice an entire ...
GENEVA (AA) – The European Commission on Friday announced that it will “proceed to paying” €50 million ($54.1 million) to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) next week. The second and third tranches of €16 million will be released later, a commission statement said. “Beyond its support to UNRWA, the Commissio...
