Jamal Juma'a, head of the Stop the Wall campaign, tells MEE that the Israeli offensive is aimed at preparing the ...

The fate of the UN agency responsible for providing relief to Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) is left uncertain after an Israeli ...

The Israeli government ban on UNRWA over national security concerns and links to terrorism began Jan. 30. UNRWA has called ...

Former Israeli hostage Emily Damari said she was held in an UNRWA center in Gaza. Damari was recently released as part of the hostages for ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.

Bill Deere, director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNWRA), discussed ...

The head of the U_N_ agency for Palestinian refugees, Philippe Lazzarini, says an Israeli ban on his institution has not ...

But students in the Shuafat refugee camp in east Jerusalem, just beyond Israel's concrete separation barrier with the West Bank, filled their UNRWA classrooms as usual Thursday morning ...

Diplomats at the United Nations Security Council said planned restrictions on the agency, UNRWA, would imperil Palestinians. Only the U.S. sides with Israel. By Farnaz Fassihi With only two days ...

Slovenia and Spain condemned Israel’s withdrawal from the 1967 agreement between Israel and UNRWA as well as any efforts to hinder the agency’s ability to function and fulfil its mandate from ...

The most immediate impact will be in east Jerusalem, which Israel seized during the 1967 Mideast war and annexed in a move not recognized by most of the world. UNRWA's headquarters there faces ...

The Israeli legislation, passed in October 2024, explicitly bans UNRWA from operating within Israel’s sovereign territory. The law also prohibits any communication or collaboration between ...

JERUSALEM — In the Shuafat refugee camp, a hardscrabble district in east Jerusalem surrounded by a concrete wall, cars inched their way toward an Israeli checkpoint. Intense security makes ...