Over the last sixty years, UNRWA's relationship to the Palestinian refugees it serves has undergone profound changes. Faced with the difficult task of adapting a humanitarian regime to a highly politicized environment, the agency has had to thread its way through the diverse and sometimes ...
GAZA, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said on Friday that Gaza endured the most intense civilian bombardment in the past year since World War II. It added that the plight of Palestinian refugees remains the "l...
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry reaffirmed its commitment to coordinating with international stakeholders to uphold UNRWA's mandate and ensure its continuity. It called for intensified global efforts to protect the rights of Palestinian refugees and support the agency's work until a just res...
UNRWA is the only agency that has a mandate from the United Nations to relieve and support Palestinian refugees. In his speech during a joint press conference with the Commissioner-General of UNRWA, Philippe Lazzarini, the Egyptian diplomat said “I extend my sincere thanks and deep appreciation ...
Seven World Central workers were killed in an April attack that Israel later called a mistake. The IDF has said in the past that it's committed to not harming civilians. Now, the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), is pausing delivery of aid through the main cros...
The relationship between Israel and UNRWA, the U.N. Palestinian-only aid and social-services agency, soured dramatically in the wake of revelations that some UNRWA staffers were involved in Hamas’s October 7 massacre in southern Israel. UNRWA later confirmed the accusations in ...
UNDER UNRWA’s unique framework, all descendants of Palestinian refugees “who lost both their home and means of livelihood... are eligible for refugee status,” regardless of wealth or nationality. Here, billionaire Zahwa Arafat poses in front of a portrait of her late father Yasser Arafat in...
The UN agency known asUNRWAprovides food and healthcare to Palestinian refugees and has become a flashpoint in the Israeli war in Gaza. Israel contends that 12 UNRWA employees were involved in Hamas' attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, leading the US to halt funding of the group. ...
UNRWA educates Palestinian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Gaza and the West Bank (Photo: Mahmoud Ajjour, The Palestine Chronicle) The Palestinian National Council (PNC) warned on Sunday that the mandate of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) may be about to be...
Iman Helles, a displaced mother sheltering in a facility run by theUN agency for Palestinian refugeesin Gaza, fears that she will now be “thrown out to the streets” with her three children. Israel’s ban on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNR...