Methods: A clinical case-series was conducted on a sample of COVID-19 positive employees of the UNRWA staff in Jordan. A structured questionnaire based mainly on World Health Organization (WHO) Case Report Form (CRF) verified tool for post COVID-19 was used....
The statement noted that UN institutions' ability to deliver aid has drastically declined due to Israel's failure to fulfill their international obligations and provide protection for UN employees in Gaza, in addition to the aid system's collapse as a result of the continued conflict. He added t...
The government of Israel has incontrovertible proof, including evidence the IDF gathered inside Gaza, that twelve employees of UNRWA joined Hamas operatives in committing atrocities — raping, torturing, mutilating, murdering Israelis — on October 7. Apparently the proof provided ...
Country:Jordan MBFC’s Country Freedom Rank:LIMITED FREEDOM Media Type:Organization/Foundation Traffic/Popularity:High Traffic MBFC Credibility Rating:MEDIUM CREDIBILITY History UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) was established by theUnited Nations Gene...
Ramallah, Ahmed Abu Houli, a member of the PLO Executive Committee and head of the Department of Refugee Affairs, said that Sweden's decision would have serious and immediate effects on UNRWA's operations, including its ability to pay the salaries of its employees, according to a PLO ...
Lazzarini noted that "198 UNRWA employees were killed, 160 sites were completely or partially destroyed, and employees were arrested, tortured, and forced to confess to crimes they did not commit."■ Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi speaks at a joint press conference with UN Relief and Wo...
A number of UNRWA donors, including Canada, Australia, Britain, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Finland, Estonia, Japan, Austria and Romania, have recently joined the United States in pausing funding for UNRWA after Israel accused several employees of the agency of involvement in the...
Since its ban came into effect onJanuary 30, Israeli authorities have severed coordination ties with the agency, shut down schools in east Jerusalem, and effectively forced international staff to leave. The government’s decision was largely driven by its expanding allegations that UNRWA employees hol...
For his part, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said that he discussed with Abdel Aty close cooperation with Egypt during these difficult times and the attacks on UNRWA, in which about two hundred employees lost their lives since the beginning of the war. ...
or places like Gaza where the economy is particularly weak, young men have no options for employment. UNRWA itself is a major employer of refugees; some 97% of its employees are Palestinian. In Gaza, one of the only other options is to join Hamas’ “security forces” or one of the oth...