Israel has long tried to eliminate the UN agency, which enshrines the right of Palestinian refugees to return home. Kholood Mkhamer fled her neighbourhood weeks after Israel began bombing the Gaza Strip in retaliation for
The European Union’s foreign policy chief has said that the UN agency’s work in delivering humanitarian aid and providing relief to Palestinians in Gaza is “critical to preserve”. “Although an investigation is needed, we shouldn’t
Norway, a top donor to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), is urging countries that have cut funding to the agency to consider the consequences of their actions on the population in Gaza, its
Palestinian mother Mazouza Hassan stood aghast at the potential threats to the work of the U.N. agency that handles most aid in Gaza after some Western states suspended funding to it over allegations employees took
An Israeli intelligence dossier that prompted a cascade of countries to halt funds for a U.N. Palestinian aid agency includes allegations that some staff took part in abductions and killings during the Oct. 7 raid
The United Nations agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) was established in 1949 following the Nakba or the catastrophe in which more than 700,000 Palestinians were forced to flee their homes during the creation of Israel.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres vowed on Sunday to hold to account “any UN employee involved in acts of terror” after allegations that some refugee agency staffers were involved in the October 7 Hamas attacks
Palestinian group Hamas on Saturday slammed Israeli “threats” against UNRWA, urging the UN and other international organizations not to “cave in to the threats and blackmail.” Israel will seek to stop the UN agency for
