Israeli parliament approves bill to label U.N. relief agency UNRWA as a terror organisation
5 months ago

Israeli parliament approves bill to label U.N. relief agency UNRWA as a terror organisation

The Hindu  

The Israeli parliament gave preliminary approval on Monday to a bill that declares the main United Nations relief organisation for Palestinians a terrorist organisation and proposes to sever relations with the body. The vote against the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees is the latest step in a Israeli push against the agency, which Israeli leaders have accused of collaborating with the Islamist movement Hamas in Gaza. Several donor countries halted funding to UNRWA following the Israeli accusations but many have since reversed the decision, including Britain which said last week it would resume funding. Both Hamas and the Palestinian Authority condemned the Israeli vote, and Hussein Al-Sheikh, a senior ally of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, called on the international community to resist attempts to dissolve the agency.

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UN General Assembly asks court to say what Israel needs to provide in Gaza
4 days, 18 hours ago

UN General Assembly asks court to say what Israel needs to provide in Gaza

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution Thursday asking the U.N.’s highest court to state what Israel’s obligations are in Gaza and the West Bank to provide humanitarian assistance essential for the survival of Palestinian civilians. In a nonbinding opinion in July, the court said Israel’s presence in the occupied Palestinian territories is unlawful and called on …

UN urges Gaza truce, backs Palestine agency
1 week, 4 days ago

UN urges Gaza truce, backs Palestine agency

China Daily  

By JAN YUMUL in Hong Kong | China Daily | Updated: 2024-12-13 09:48 Palestinian children maneuver a shopping cart loaded with water containers past rubble and debris in Gaza City on Wednesday. OMAR AL-QATTAA / AFP The international community has thrown its support behind the United Nations Palestine refugees agency following the adoption of two resolutions by the UN General …

UN General Assembly demands ‘immediate’ ceasefire in Gaza, supports UNRWA
1 week, 5 days 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 …

UN General Assembly demands ceasefire in Gaza and backs UN agency helping Palestinian refugees
1 week, 5 days ago

UN General Assembly demands ceasefire in Gaza and backs UN agency helping Palestinian refugees

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved resolutions Wednesday demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and backing the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees that Israel has moved to ban. Ambassador Riyad Mansour expressed gratitude for the overwhelming support for both resolutions Wednesday, saying the votes “reflect the resolve and the determination of the international community.” “We will keep …

UN blames Israel for Gaza chaos as aid deliveries halted after threat of armed gangs, looting
Top News
3 weeks, 1 day ago

UN blames Israel for Gaza chaos as aid deliveries halted after threat of armed gangs, looting

Firstpost  

The U.N. agency’s decision could worsen Gaza’s humanitarian crisis as a second cold, rainy winter sets in, with hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in squalid tent camps and reliant on international aid A displaced boy covers his head with a pan as he runs from the rain past building rubble at the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip …

UN agency suspends aid deliveries through main crossing into Gaza after convoy attacked
3 weeks, 1 day ago

UN agency suspends aid deliveries through main crossing into Gaza after convoy attacked

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. Read our privacy policy The UN agency for Palestinian …

UNRWA pauses aid delivery via key Gaza-Israel crossing
3 weeks, 2 days ago

UNRWA pauses aid delivery via key Gaza-Israel crossing

New Indian Express  

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees has halted the delivery of aid through the Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and Gaza because of security concerns, its chief said Sunday. He called on Israel to ensure aid flowed to Gaza and said the country "must refrain from attacks on humanitarian workers". The United Nations said last month that 333 aid workers …

UNRWA pauses aid through key Gaza crossing as hunger stalks Palestinians
3 weeks, 2 days 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 weeks 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 …

US vetoes UN Security Council's Gaza ceasefire resolution as Hamas rules out hostage deal until war ends
1 month ago

US vetoes UN Security Council's Gaza ceasefire resolution as Hamas rules out hostage deal until war ends

ABC  

The United States has vetoed a UN Security Council resolution for a ceasefire in Gaza, drawing criticism of the Biden administration for again blocking international action aimed at halting Israel's war with Hamas. The 15-member council voted on Wednesday on a resolution put forward by 10 non-permanent members that called for an "immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire" and separately demanded …

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

UN Security Council calls for urgent aid to address Gaza’s worsening crisis
1 month ago

UN Security Council calls for urgent aid to address Gaza’s worsening crisis

Firstpost  

President Joe Biden’s administration concluded this month that Israel was not currently impeding assistance to Gaza and therefore not violating U.S. law, even as Washington acknowledged the humanitarian situation remained dire in the Palestinian enclave. This assessment comes on the heels of a warning issued by the U.S. in an October 13 letter, which outlined 15 steps Israel needed to …

Israel’s war conduct in Gaza ‘consistent with the characteristics of genocide,’ UN Special Committee finds
1 month, 1 week ago

Israel’s war conduct in Gaza ‘consistent with the characteristics of genocide,’ UN Special Committee finds

CNN  

CNN — Israel’s war conduct in Gaza “is consistent with the characteristics of genocide,” including mass civilian casualties and using starvation as a weapon, according to a new United Nations Special Committee report released Thursday. “Through its siege over Gaza, obstruction of humanitarian aid, alongside targeted attacks and killing of civilians and aid workers, despite repeated UN appeals, binding orders …

Israel’s war conduct in Gaza ‘consistent with the characteristics of genocide,’ UN Special Committee finds
1 month, 1 week ago

Israel’s war conduct in Gaza ‘consistent with the characteristics of genocide,’ UN Special Committee finds

CNN  

CNN — Israel’s war conduct in Gaza “is consistent with the characteristics of genocide,” including mass civilian casualties and using starvation as a weapon, according to a new United Nations Special Committee report released Thursday. “Through its siege over Gaza, obstruction of humanitarian aid, alongside targeted attacks and killing of civilians and aid workers, despite repeated UN appeals, binding orders …

It is time for Israel to be removed from the United Nations
1 month, 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 …

Why isn’t the US holding Israel to account?
1 month, 1 week ago

Why isn’t the US holding Israel to account?

Al Jazeera  

A United Nations special committee says Israel’s warfare methods in Gaza are consistent with genocide. In a new report, a UN committee says Israel is intentionally causing the death of civilians and aid workers, using starvation as a weapon of war, and inflicting collective punishment on Palestinians. Separately, the Human Rights Watch NGO says 90 percent of Gaza’s people have …

Israel’s UNRWA ban is another declaration of genocidal intent
1 month, 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 …

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

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

The Independent  

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Israel ends agreement with U.N. agency providing aid in Gaza
1 month, 2 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
1 month, 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.” …

Israel's ban on UNRWA continues a pattern of politicising Palestinian refugee aid – and puts millions of lives at risk
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Israel's ban on UNRWA continues a pattern of politicising Palestinian refugee aid – and puts millions of lives at risk

ABC  

The Israeli parliament's vote on October 28, 2024, to ban the United Nations agency that provides relief for Palestinian refugees is likely to affect millions of people. Aid for refugees, particularly Palestinian refugees, has long been politicised, and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, or UNRWA, has been targeted throughout its 75-year history. In this context, …

What would Israel shutting down UNRWA mean for displaced Palestinians?
1 month, 3 weeks ago

What would Israel shutting down UNRWA mean for displaced Palestinians?

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 legislation, which could lead to the closure of …

Israel Must Step In to Save UNRWA Lifeline in Gaza
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Israel Must Step In to Save UNRWA Lifeline in Gaza

New Indian Express  

International pressure mounts on Israel to allow UNRWA to continue its operations in Gaza. The UN has expressed grave concerns over the proposed Israeli legislation that could restrict UNRWA's activities, which has been a lifeline for war-torn Gaza during the ongoing conflict. The agency provides essential humanitarian aid and medical assistance to over 2 million Palestinians in the region, including …

Israel’s U.N. aid agency ban will lead to more suffering for Palestinians, chief says
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Israel’s U.N. aid agency ban will lead to more suffering for Palestinians, chief says

LA Times  

Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner-general of the U.N. The head of the U.N. agency caring for Palestinian refugees said Wednesday that newly passed Israeli laws effectively banning its activities in Israel will leave a vacuum that will cost more lives and create further instability in Gaza and the West Bank. UNRWA has been the main agency procuring and distributing aid in the …

Israel steps up weaponizing of humanitarian aid
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Israel steps up weaponizing of humanitarian aid

China Daily  

Children look on inside the UNRWA Siblin Training Centre, where displaced Palestinians, Lebanese and Syrians are being hosted, amid ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, near Sidon, Lebanon, October 29, 2024. Israeli lawmakers passed two laws on Monday that could threaten the work of the main United Nations agency providing aid to people in Gaza by barring it from …

US 'deeply troubled' by Israeli legislation banning UNRWA: spokesperson
1 month, 3 weeks ago

US 'deeply troubled' by Israeli legislation banning UNRWA: spokesperson

China Daily  

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-10-30 09:39 WASHINGTON - The United States is "deeply troubled" by the adoption of legislation in Israel that would ban the operation of a UN agency for Palestinian refugees, State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller said Tuesday. Miller said the legislation, passed Monday but yet to be implemented, "poses risks for millions of Palestinians" who rely on the …

US urges Israel to rethink UNRWA ban, as Hezbollah announces new leader
1 month, 3 weeks ago

US urges Israel to rethink UNRWA ban, as Hezbollah announces new leader

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. Read our privacy policy The US has criticised Israel’s …

Aid fears in Gaza as Israel bans UN refugee agency
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Aid fears in Gaza as Israel bans UN refugee agency

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. Israel’s parliament has declared UNRWA …

Israel's ban on UNRWA could be devastating for Palestinian refugees: Guterres
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Israel's ban on UNRWA could be devastating for Palestinian refugees: Guterres

China Daily  

UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Monday that the Israeli parliament's legislation banning a UN agency's operations could have "devastating consequences" for Palestinian refugees, calling it "unacceptable". The law stipulates that UNRWA could not "operate any institution, provide any service, or conduct any activity, whether directly or indirectly" within Israeli territory. "I am deeply concerned" by the two …

Coalition calls for UNRWA funding to be diverted to other aid groups after laws passed to ban group from Israel
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Coalition calls for UNRWA funding to be diverted to other aid groups after laws passed to ban group from Israel

ABC  

Australian money paid to the United Nations agency working in Gaza should be diverted to a different aid group, the federal opposition says, following Israel's move to ban UNRWA from operating within its borders. Shadow Foreign Minister Simon Birmingham said it was a matter for Israel's parliament to decide its own laws, "just as the US passed legislation banning US …

Israel passes legislation banning the work of UNRWA on Israeli soil
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Israel passes legislation banning the work of UNRWA on Israeli soil

ABC  

Israel's parliament has passed legislation targeting the main UN agency providing aid to people in Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said UNRWA workers must be held accountable for what he called "terrorist activities" against the country. "UNRWA workers involved in terrorist activities against Israel must be held accountable," he said, adding that the legislation would take effect in 90 …

Concern as Israel bans UN refugee agency from providing aid to Gaza
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Concern as Israel bans UN refugee agency from providing aid to Gaza

Daily Mail  

Israel last night passed legislation that could threaten the work of the United Nations providing aid to Gaza by barring it from operating on Israeli soil. Who can do its job?’ Protesters hold up a banner reading 'stop the massacre' against Mr Netanyahu's government and calling on ministers to secure the immediate release of the hostages People climb through a …

Israel passes legislation that severely restricts U.N. agency that is a lifeline for Gaza
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Israel passes legislation that severely restricts U.N. agency that is a lifeline for Gaza

LA Times  

Palestinians gather in a morgue with the bodies of their relatives killed in Israeli airstrikes in the city of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Friday. Under the first law, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, or UNRWA, would be banned from conducting “any activity” or providing any service inside Israel, while the second would sever diplomatic ties …

Israel bans UN aid agency UNRWA from working within the country
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Israel bans UN aid agency UNRWA from working within the country

The Telegraph  

Israel has banned the UN’s Palestinian aid agency from operating within the country and the occupied areas under its control. Despite international concern over the move, Israeli politicians voted overwhelmingly for a bill that effectively prevents the United Nations Relief and Works Agency from operating in Israeli territory. Monday night’s move comes amid growing concern over conditions in Gaza, where …

'Israel Must Be Stripped Of UN Membership': Palestinian President In UNGA Urges Nations To Stop Arming Israel
2 months, 4 weeks ago

'Israel Must Be Stripped Of UN Membership': Palestinian President In UNGA Urges Nations To Stop Arming Israel

ABP News  

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Thursday said that Israel must be stripped of United Nations membership for failing to accept a two-state resolution to the Israel-Palestine conflict and allowing the return of Palestinian refugees to their homes. Speaking in the United Nations General Assembly, Mahmoud Abbas called on the international community to stop sending weapons to Israel in order to …

6 UN relief workers killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza
3 months, 1 week ago

6 UN relief workers killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza

China Daily  

A member of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees checks the courtyard of a school after an Israeli air strike hit the site, in al-Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on Sept 11, 2024. UNITED NATIONS - Six staff members of the UN relief agency for Palestinians, known as UNRWA, were killed in Israeli airstrikes in …

6 UN relief workers killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza
3 months, 1 week ago

6 UN relief workers killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza

China Daily  

A member of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees checks the courtyard of a school after an Israeli air strike hit the site, in al-Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on Sept 11, 2024. UNITED NATIONS - Six staff members of the UN relief agency for Palestinians, known as UNRWA, were killed in Israeli airstrikes in …

India’s commitment to Gaza through the UNRWA
3 months, 2 weeks ago

India’s commitment to Gaza through the UNRWA

Hindustan Times  

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East is facing pushback from a number of large donor countries due to the alleged involvement of some of its employees in the October 2023 attack on Israel. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} The violence that has engulfed Gaza since October 2023 has led to the loss of …

Under Israeli law, UNRWA is about to become a terrorist organisation
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Under Israeli law, UNRWA is about to become a terrorist organisation

Al Jazeera  

Since it launched its genocidal war against the Palestinian people, Israel has crossed many red lines. Should it become Israeli law, the terrorist designation would give a domestic legal cover for the Israeli regime to attack UNRWA’s staff and infrastructure, as it has already done by murdering close to 200 personnel, but this time without having to seek to justify …

Outcry as Israeli parliament approves bill declaring UN relief agency ‘terrorists’
5 months ago

Outcry as Israeli parliament approves bill declaring UN relief agency ‘terrorists’

The Independent  

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Government recommits to funding UNRWA as David Lammy praises ‘life-saving work’
5 months ago

Government recommits to funding UNRWA as David Lammy praises ‘life-saving work’

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. The foreign secretary also said …

Labour to restore funding to UN agency ‘linked to Hamas’
5 months ago

Labour to restore funding to UN agency ‘linked to Hamas’

The Telegraph  

Labour has restored taxpayer funding to a UN agency that was implicated in the Oct 7 Hamas terror attacks on Israel. Rishi Sunak cut off funding to UNRWA after allegations emerged that some of its staff were involved in the Oct 7 attacks, in which 1,139 Israelis were killed. Mr Lammy said UNRWA provides vital aid to the 2.2 million …

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