The headquarters of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA, was deserted on Wednesday as staff left before a pair of Israeli laws came into effect Thursday banning the ...

Because of the laws, UNRWA's international staff, originally located in East Jerusalem, has been relocated to Amman, Jordan. The ban will affect 30,000 UNRWA workers who served Palestinians in ...

The US is contributing in 2001 $80 million to the General Fund of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), said the US embassy in Amman.

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On Tuesday, Israeli authorities accelerated this process by shortening all visas for UNRWA’s international staff, forcing their relocation to Amman, Jordan. Office equipment and vehicles were also ...