Israel’s ban on UNRWA comes into effect despite backlash
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Israel’s ban on UNRWA comes into effect despite backlash

Al Jazeera  

The United Nations has said UNRWA will continue working in all Palestinian territories The UN’s agency for Palestinians is now banned in Gaza. Late on Thursday, Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN chief Antonio Guterres said: “UNRWA clinics across the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, are open. Ahead of the ban coming into effect, Israel’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Oren Marmorstein said that “humanitarian aid doesn’t equal UNRWA”, adding that “alternative” organisations exist that can facilitate aid into the Gaza Strip. ‘Fierce disinformation campaign’ On Tuesday, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini told the UN Security Council that his organisation has delivered “two-thirds of all food assistance, provided shelter to over a million displaced persons” since October 2023. “Gaza is in ruins, and UNRWA’s help is more necessary than ever,” Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide said.

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US alleges Columbia student covered up his work for UNRWA
Top News
2 days, 7 hours ago

US alleges Columbia student covered up his work for UNRWA

Hindustan Times  

By Daniel Trotta US alleges Columbia student covered up his work for UNRWA - The U.S. government has alleged that Columbia University student and pro-Palestinian demonstrator Mahmoud Khalil withheld that he worked for a United Nations Palestinian relief agency in his visa application, saying that should be grounds for deportation. The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump on March 8 …

US accuses Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil of hiding UNRWA ties on visa application
Trending News
2 days, 10 hours ago

US accuses Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil of hiding UNRWA ties on visa application

India Today  

The U.S. government has alleged that Columbia University student and pro-Palestinian demonstrator Mahmoud Khalil withheld that he worked for a United Nations Palestinian relief agency in his visa application, saying that should be grounds for deportation. The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump on March 8 detained Khalil, a prominent figure in the pro-Palestinian protests that rocked Columbia's New York …

UNRWA chief warns of ‘deepening hunger’ in Gaza as Israel blocks all food
2 weeks, 1 day ago

UNRWA chief warns of ‘deepening hunger’ in Gaza as Israel blocks all food

Al Jazeera  

With Israel’s complete blockade on Gaza approaching 10 days, Philippe Lazzarini says aid is being ‘weaponised’. Philippe Lazzarini, the commissioner-general of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, has warned that the situation in Gaza is “deteriorating very, very quickly”, more than a week after Israel again halted all supplies from entering the Gaza Strip. “Whatever the intent is, …

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu orders immediate implementation of UNRWA law
1 month, 1 week ago

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu orders immediate implementation of UNRWA law

Live Mint  

Tel Aviv : On Tuesday, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed the immediate enforcement of the UNRWA law, which the Knesset passed with broad support. Sharing a post on X, Israel's PMO said, "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has directed that the UNRWA law, which the Knesset passed with broad support, be enforced immediately." Notably, earlier in October 2024, the Israeli …

Future looks dire for UN Palestinian refugee agency, says UNRWA chief
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Future looks dire for UN Palestinian refugee agency, says UNRWA chief

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees said Thursday that while an Israeli ban has not yet forced the agency to cease operations, it faces an “existential threat” in the long run. It’s ethnic cleansing.” Trump announced Tuesday that Washington will not resume funding for UNRWA — which had already been halted since January 2024 when …

Israel follows US lead, withdraws from UN Human Rights body citing ‘blatant anti-Semitism’ – What this means for Gaza?
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Israel follows US lead, withdraws from UN Human Rights body citing ‘blatant anti-Semitism’ – What this means for Gaza?

Live Mint  

Israel has withdrawn from the UN Human Rights Council, following a similar move by the United States. Israel’s UN envoy Danny Danon has said his country will “stand with” the US and “not participate” in the “biased” UN Human Rights Council a day after Trump also quit the Geneva-based body. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar published his letter to UNHRC …

Israel follows US in boycotting UN Human Rights Council
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Israel follows US in boycotting UN Human Rights Council

Al Jazeera  

Organisation’s spokesperson says Israel’s observer status means it cannot formally withdraw from the body. Israel says it “will not participate” in the United Nations Human Rights Council, following in the footsteps of the United States, which announced its withdrawal earlier this week. In response to Thursday’s announcement by Israel’s foreign minister, UNHRC spokesperson Pascal Sim said Israel has observer state …

Israel joins US in withdrawing from UN Human Rights Council, citing bias
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Israel joins US in withdrawing from UN Human Rights Council, citing bias

India TV News  

A day after US President Donald Trump made an announcement that the United States would be leaving the United Nations Human Rights Council, Israel has also announced their withdrawal. “Israel welcomes President Trump’s decision not to participate in the UN Human Rights Council. Israel joins the United States and will not participate in the UNHRC,” Sa’ar wrote on X. Israel …

Donald Trump shuts down funding to UNRWA, UN organisation with ties to Hamas
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Donald Trump shuts down funding to UNRWA, UN organisation with ties to Hamas

Op India  

On 3rd February, a White House official informed that the United States President Donald Trump is expected to terminate the country’s involvement in the United Nations Human Rights Council and to continue to suspend funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. Trump reconfirmed the decision to stop US assistance to UNRWA …

Trump announces withdrawal from UN human rights body, halt to funding for Palestinian refugees
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump announces withdrawal from UN human rights body, halt to funding for Palestinian refugees

New Indian Express  

UNITED NATIONS: President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that the United States will withdraw from the top U.N. human rights body and will not resume funding for the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees. The U.S. left the Geneva-based Human Rights Council last year, and it stopped funding the agency assisting Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA, after Israel accused it of harboring …

Trump announces withdrawal from UN Human Rights Council, halt to funding for Palestinian refugees
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump announces withdrawal from UN Human Rights Council, halt to funding for Palestinian refugees

India TV News  

Trump announces withdrawal from UN Human Rights Council, halt to funding for Palestinian refugees The first Trump administration suspended funding to UNRWA in 2018, but Biden restored it. In another big move, US President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced that the United States would withdraw from the top UN human rights body. Big blow to Palestinian refugees The Bident administration …

Trump stops U.S. involvement with U.N. rights body, extends UNRWA funding halt
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump stops U.S. involvement with U.N. rights body, extends UNRWA funding halt

The Hindu  

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered an end to U.S. engagement with the United Nations Human Rights Council and continued a halt to funding for the U.N. Palestinian relief agency UNRWA. During Mr. Trump's first term in office, from 2017-2021, he also cut off funding for UNRWA, questioning its value, saying that Palestinians needed to agree to renew peace …

UNRWA funding freeze continues as Trump prepares to leave UN human rights council
1 month, 3 weeks ago

UNRWA funding freeze continues as Trump prepares to leave UN human rights council

Firstpost  

A Human Rights Council working group is due to review the U.S. human rights record in August, a process all countries undergo every few years. While the council has no legally binding power, its debates carry political weight and criticism can raise global pressure on governments to change course President Donald Trump is poised to end US cooperation with the …

Trump to withdraw US from UN Rights Council, extend UNRWA funds ban: Report
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump to withdraw US from UN Rights Council, extend UNRWA funds ban: Report

Al Jazeera  

The US president is expected to sign the orders cutting ties and funds to the UN agencies as Netanyahu visits the White House. 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, UNRWA, an unnamed White House official …

Israeli family says Hamas used UNRWA buildings in Gaza to hide hostage
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Israeli family says Hamas used UNRWA buildings in Gaza to hide hostage

ABC  

The head of the United Nations's Palestinian aid agency has described allegations Israeli hostages were held in his agency's buildings in Gaza as "deeply disturbing and shocking". No plan B for almost 6 million Palestinians as UNRWA ban begins Photo shows An Arab woman wearing a black hijab looking concerned, holding a baby toddler wearing a pink hoodie Israeli laws …

Gaza ‘ceasefire at risk’ if UNRWA forced to stop operations
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Gaza ‘ceasefire at risk’ if UNRWA forced to stop operations

Al Jazeera  

UK, France and Germany reiterate ‘grave concern’ over Israeli law forbidding contact between its officials and UN agency. UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini has described the organisation as “a lifeline” for nearly six million Palestinian refugees under its charge in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN chief Antonio Guterres, earlier insisted that despite the ban, “UNRWA …

International staff of UN Palestinian agency forced to leave as Israel ban comes in
1 month, 3 weeks ago

International staff of UN Palestinian agency forced to leave as Israel ban comes in

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The UN secretary general, Antonio Guterres, and the body’s …

Israel’s ban on UN’s Palestinian aid agency has come into effect. Here’s what that looks like
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Israel’s ban on UN’s Palestinian aid agency has come into effect. Here’s what that looks like

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — Israel on Thursday formally banned the main United Nations aid agency for Palestinian refugees from operating on its territory despite heavy diplomatic backlash, a move that humanitarian officials warn could have a disastrous impact on aid delivery and jeopardize regional stability in the long term. “There are multiple alternative organizations to UNRWA — including U.N. agencies, international NGOs, …

Israel to formally ban UN Palestinian agency today, accuses it of sheltering terrorists
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Israel to formally ban UN Palestinian agency today, accuses it of sheltering terrorists

Firstpost  

Israel has banned the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East over allegations that the agency shelters terrorists Israeli soldiers take position as they enter the UNRWA headquarter where the military discovered tunnels underneath of the UN agency that the military says Hamas used to attack its forces during a ground operation in Gaza, February …

Israeli ban on UNRWA begins as aid agencies argue they do not have capacity to fill the void
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Israeli ban on UNRWA begins as aid agencies argue they do not have capacity to fill the void

ABC  

In a health centre in the Shu'fat refugee camp in East Jerusalem, Sufaa Ayad is clutching her nine-month-old daughter. "This is an absolutely desperate situation," UNRWA Jerusalem spokesperson Jonathan Fowler told the ABC. UNRWA Jerusalem spokesperson Jonathan Fowler says the Israeli ban on the UN agency creates a "desperate situation". "UNRWA has been infested with terror," Israeli politician Dan Illouz …

‘We rely on God, then on UNRWA’: Palestinians fear drastic effects as Israeli ban on UN agency comes into force
1 month, 3 weeks ago

‘We rely on God, then on UNRWA’: Palestinians fear drastic effects as Israeli ban on UN agency comes into force

CNN  

CNN — Iman Helles, a displaced mother sheltering in a facility run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in Gaza, fears that she will now be “thrown out to the streets” with her three children. On Sunday, Israel ordered UNRWA to “vacate all premises in occupied East Jerusalem and cease its operations in them by 30 January 2025,” the …

‘We rely on God, then on UNRWA’: Palestinians fear drastic effects as Israeli ban on UN agency comes into force
1 month, 3 weeks ago

‘We rely on God, then on UNRWA’: Palestinians fear drastic effects as Israeli ban on UN agency comes into force

CNN  

CNN — Iman Helles, a displaced mother sheltering in a facility run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in Gaza, fears that she will now be “thrown out to the streets” with her three children. On Sunday, Israel ordered UNRWA to “vacate all premises in occupied East Jerusalem and cease its operations in them by 30 January 2025,” the …

What Israel’s UNRWA ban means for millions of Palestinians: By the numbers
1 month, 3 weeks ago

What Israel’s UNRWA ban means for millions of Palestinians: By the numbers

Al Jazeera  

Israel orders the UN Relief and Works Agency, the backbone of Palestinian humanitarian aid, to cease operations by Thursday. UNRWA operates 58 refugee camps including: West Bank: 19 camps housing 912,879 registered refugees 19 camps housing 912,879 registered refugees Gaza: eight camps housing 1.6 million people eight camps housing 1.6 million people Jordan: 10 camps with 2.39 million people 10 …

‘We will suffocate’: Palestinian refugees in Gaza fear UNRWA ban
1 month, 3 weeks ago

‘We will suffocate’: Palestinian refugees in Gaza fear UNRWA ban

Al Jazeera  

Israel’s new ban on the UN agency leaves many in Gaza worried about who will help them now. My children and grandchildren went to UNRWA’s schools, we were treated in UNRWA hospitals, and it helped us put roofs over our heads.” In October 2024, the Israeli Knesset passed two laws: one designating UNRWA as a so-called “terrorist” organisation and the …

Israel defies UN and vows to cut ties with UNRWA, with US blessing
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Israel defies UN and vows to cut ties with UNRWA, with US blessing

New Indian Express  

UNITED NATIONS: Israel will cease all contact with the UN's Palestinian relief agency UNRWA and any other body acting on its behalf, its UN envoy said Tuesday, after repeatedly accusing the organization of undermining its security. "The legislation forbids UNRWA from operating within the sovereign territory of the State of Israel, and forbids any contact between Israeli officials and UNWRA," …

UNRWA chief says Israel’s ban will be disastrous
1 month, 3 weeks ago

UNRWA chief says Israel’s ban will be disastrous

Al Jazeera  

The head of the United Nations agency for Palestine refugees has warned that an impending Israeli ban on the organisation would cripple humanitarian work in the Gaza Strip and undermine the Israel-Hamas ceasefire there. Dorothy Shae, Washington’s envoy to the Security Council meeting, said the agency delivering aid to millions is “exaggerating” the potential impact of the Israeli ban – …

UNRWA to shutter offices in West Bank and Gaza amid Israeli restrictions: Report
2 months, 3 weeks ago

UNRWA to shutter offices in West Bank and Gaza amid Israeli restrictions: Report

Firstpost  

The UN says that UNRWA cannot be replaced by any other agency once the new laws come into effect. In October last year, the Knesset overwhelmingly voted for the suspension of UNRWA’s work in the West Bank and Gaza A Palestinian carries an aid box distributed by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Deir …

What the end of UNRWA would mean for Palestinians
2 months, 3 weeks ago

What the end of UNRWA would mean for Palestinians

Live Mint  

BALATA CAMP, West Bank—Saeed Hashash, a father of four, was connected to a dialysis machine when he learned that Israel had passed laws that would halt the operations of the agency that pays for his kidney treatment. In October, Israel’s Parliament passed laws that will effectively prevent Unrwa from operating in the West Bank or Gaza Strip beyond the end …

Middle East latest: Dozens of patients and wounded evacuated from Gaza for treatment
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Middle East latest: Dozens of patients and wounded evacuated from Gaza for treatment

Associated Press  

Dozens of patients and the wounded have been evacuated for treatment outside the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, where the United Nations says Israel’s attacks on and around hospitals have pushed health care to the brink. The charity said that prior to receiving the COGAT results, “we had no reason for concern regarding any of these individuals and, because Israel does not …

Gaza’s 2024: A year of war and misery
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Gaza’s 2024: A year of war and misery

Al Jazeera  

Al Jazeera takes a closer look at events in Gaza over 2024, as Israel continued and escalated its brutal war. Israel’s war on the enclave continued into 2024, killing 23,842 people and wounding 51,925 during this year alone, driving the grisly official death toll to 46,376, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. These tactics violate international law and are creating …

UNRWA chief slams Sweden’s ‘disappointing’ decision to end funding
3 months ago

UNRWA chief slams Sweden’s ‘disappointing’ decision to end funding

Al Jazeera  

Stockholm says decision comes in response to Israel’s plan to ban the UN agency starting in late January. Sweden’s decision was made in response to the Israeli ban because it will make channelling aid via UNRWA more difficult, Swedish International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Minister Benjamin Dousa told Swedish broadcaster TV4. ‘Sad day’ The Palestinian embassy in Stockholm said …

UN General Assembly demands ‘immediate’ ceasefire in Gaza, supports UNRWA
3 months, 2 weeks ago

UN General Assembly demands ‘immediate’ ceasefire in Gaza, supports UNRWA

Al Jazeera  

UN members voted overwhelmingly to demand a ceasefire in Gaza and in support of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees. The United Nations General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to demand an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and expressed support for the work of the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees. “Gaza doesn’t exist any more,” Slovenia’s UN Ambassador Samuel Zbogar …

UNRWA pauses aid through key Gaza crossing as hunger stalks Palestinians
3 months, 3 weeks ago

UNRWA pauses aid through key Gaza crossing as hunger stalks Palestinians

Al Jazeera  

Suspension of humanitarian aid into Gaza comes as Israeli attacks kill almost 100 Palestinians in the last 24 hours. He called on Israel to ensure aid flowed to Gaza and said the country “must refrain from attacks on humanitarian workers”. On Thursday, the UN agency said “out of the 91 attempts the agency has made to deliver aid to besieged …

Israel’s UNRWA ban is a spectacular own goal
4 months ago

Israel’s UNRWA ban is a spectacular own goal

Al Jazeera  

By banning UNRWA, the Israeli government has unwittingly elevated Palestinians and their right of return to a higher level of global protection. That is because it will elevate the two and a half million Palestine refugees in Gaza and the West Bank to a new level of international protection under the mandate of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees …

Gunmen loot more than 100 aid trucks in Gaza, according to the United Nations
4 months, 1 week ago

Gunmen loot more than 100 aid trucks in Gaza, according to the United Nations

ABC  

More than 100 aid trucks carrying desperately needed supplies in Gaza have been "violently looted", according to the United Nations' Palestinian aid agency. "The vast majority of the trucks, 97 in total, were lost and drivers were forced at gunpoint to unload aid," UNRWA said in a statement on social media. "The Israeli authorities continue to disregard their legal obligations …

It is time for Israel to be removed from the United Nations
4 months, 1 week ago

It is time for Israel to be removed from the United Nations

Al Jazeera  

There is a growing civil society movement in Palestine and around the world demanding Israel’s expulsion from the United Nations or suspension from its current session over its apartheid regime in the occupied Palestinian territory, ongoing war crimes in Gaza and other persistent violations of the UN Charter. Several special UN rapporteurs and many leading international NGOs, including Amnesty and …

Israel’s UNRWA ban is another declaration of genocidal intent
4 months, 1 week ago

Israel’s UNRWA ban is another declaration of genocidal intent

Al Jazeera  

Israel doesn’t attack UNRWA only for its memorialisation of the right of return, but because it helps to nourish, to educate, and to administer care to Palestinians. This strategy long pre-dated October 2023 – almost the entire population of Gaza was forced to depend on humanitarian aid under Israel’s siege and occupation, with an average of 500 aid trucks entering …

Entire generation in Gaza would lose education if UNRWA collapses, UN says
4 months, 1 week ago

Entire generation in Gaza would lose education if UNRWA collapses, UN says

Al Jazeera  

An entire generation of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip would “be denied the right to education” if the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees collapses in the enclave under new Israeli legislation, the head of the agency has warned. “Glaringly absent from discussions about Gaza without UNRWA, is education,” Lazzarini told a UN General Assembly committee on …

Inside the UNRWA camp raided 72 times by Israel in the past year
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Inside the UNRWA camp raided 72 times by Israel in the past year

The Telegraph  

Two months ago, the Ramaha family were asleep when explosives blew open the front door of their home in a dilapidated block of flats in Jalazone Camp. The soldiers did not find who they were looking for that time, but such raids have become a regular occurrence for the 16,000 people living in Jalazone, around three miles north of Ramallah, …

UN agency aiding millions of Palestinians is in jeopardy—and there’s no plan B
4 months, 2 weeks ago

UN agency aiding millions of Palestinians is in jeopardy—and there’s no plan B

Live Mint  

On a typical day in Gaza, the U.N. agency that looks after Palestinian refugees provides food to around 2,000 families and healthcare to thousands more. The U.N. fired several employees and investigated others, but its efforts haven’t satisfied Israeli concerns about militants’ presence in Unrwa’s ranks, made up mostly of Palestinians. That could effectively block Unrwa activity in the Palestinian …

UN agency for Palestinian refugees urges world to save it from Israeli ban
4 months, 2 weeks ago

UN agency for Palestinian refugees urges world to save it from Israeli ban

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees urged the world Wednesday to save it from an Israeli ban that would have “disastrous consequences” for millions of people caught up in the war in Gaza. Assembly President Philemon Yang told members at Wednesday’s informal meeting that Israel’s legislation “constitutes an intolerable affront to the authority of …

WHO raises alarm over UNRWA ban
4 months, 2 weeks ago

WHO raises alarm over UNRWA ban

China Daily  

By JAN YUMUL in Hong Kong | China Daily Global | Updated: 2024-11-06 09:16 A Palestinian man rests in front of the ruins of his house, which was destroyed in an Israeli military offensive, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on Monday. The remarks came after Jacob Blitshtein, director-general of the Israeli Foreign Ministry, notified Guterres that Israel was withdrawing …

WHO raises alarm over UNRWA ban
4 months, 2 weeks ago

WHO raises alarm over UNRWA ban

China Daily  

A Palestinian man rests in front of the ruins of his house, which was destroyed in an Israeli military offensive, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on Monday. The remarks came after Jacob Blitshtein, director-general of the Israeli Foreign Ministry, notified Guterres that Israel was withdrawing from the agreement regulating UNRWA operations in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank, citing …

WHO raises alarm over UNRWA ban
Trending News
4 months, 2 weeks ago

WHO raises alarm over UNRWA ban

China Daily  

By JAN YUMUL in Hong Kong | China Daily Global | Updated: 2024-11-06 09:16 A Palestinian man rests in front of the ruins of his house, which was destroyed in an Israeli military offensive, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on Monday. The remarks came after Jacob Blitshtein, director-general of the Israeli Foreign Ministry, notified Guterres that Israel was withdrawing …

UN agency for Palestinians facing its ‘darkest hour’, UNRWA chief says
Trending News
4 months, 2 weeks ago

UN agency for Palestinians facing its ‘darkest hour’, UNRWA chief says

Al Jazeera  

Philippe Lazzarini calls on the United Nations to prevent the ban on UNRWA in Israel and the occupied territories. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees is facing its “darkest hour” and requires ongoing support from UN members after Israel’s decision to ban the organisation, its chief has said. “Without intervention by member states, UNRWA will collapse, …

Israel cuts ties with U.N. Palestinian relief agency UNRWA
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Israel cuts ties with U.N. Palestinian relief agency UNRWA

NPR  

Israel cuts ties with U.N. Palestinian relief agency UNRWA Israel ends its agreement with the U.N. aid agency for Palestinians, but aid workers say there is no Plan B in place. INSKEEP: Why does Israel say it'll stop working with the U.N. BATRAWY: So Israel says UNRWA, which employs around 13,000 people in Gaza, has been infiltrated by Hamas. BATRAWY: …

Middle East latest: Israel ends agreement with UN agency providing aid in Gaza
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Middle East latest: Israel ends agreement with UN agency providing aid in Gaza

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ …

Israel ends agreement with U.N. agency providing aid in Gaza
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Israel ends agreement with U.N. agency providing aid in Gaza

LA Times  

Palestinians on Monday mourn over the body of Naji al-Baba,16, who the Gaza Health Ministry said was killed by Israeli forces in the town of Halhul in the West Bank. Israel said Monday that it has terminated the agreement facilitating the work of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, the main provider of aid in Gaza, in what appeared to …

Israel has long wanted to dismantle the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency. The consequences could be disastrous for all
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Israel has long wanted to dismantle the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency. The consequences could be disastrous for all

CNN  

Jerusalem CNN — Benjamin Netanyahu sat down for his regular cabinet meeting and had some words for a new ally – and an old enemy. In any case, the head of UNRWA has said that the legislation “will only deepen the suffering of Palestinians, especially in Gaza where people have been going through more than a year of sheer hell.” …

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