The ban on the agency threatens Palestinian essential services. Some say it could also be a precursor to annexation.

President Trump halted U.S. funding for UNRWA on Tuesday. Israel enacted a ban on the agency. The cost for civilians in Gaza ...

Israel last week formally banned UNRWA from operating on its territory. As a result, Lazzarini said, international staff have had to leave East Jerusalem because their visas expired, but in Gaza ...

United States President Donald Trump is planning to cut off US engagement with the United Nations Human Rights Council and extend a funding ban on the UN agency for Palestinian refugees ...

A torn UNRWA logo is seen among destruction in Rafah, in southern Gaza, January 22, 2025 (credit: ABED RAHIM KHATIB/FLASH90) The UNHRC "has protected human rights abusers by allowing them to use ...

European lawmakers joined the call to shut down the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) after it was revealed that the Israeli-British hostage freed by Hamas had been held in ...

In fact, that’s the very reason the US supported the creation of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (Unrwa) in 1949. Though its purpose today is ...

Ireland's Tánaiste Simon Harris has today, February 7, announced €20 million in support from Ireland for the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for its work providing assistance to people in ...

The Biden administration paused funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) after reports that some of its staffers were involved in some ...

President Trump is set to cut funding for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) — which has extensively reported ties to the Hamas terror ...