The Dead Sea Declaration and Call to Action on Refugees and Diabetes was released at the end of the conference in which the participants committed to address the prevention and care of diabetes in refugee populations by working to: 1. Strengthen health systems to provide universal access to ...
Israel cut off the flow of food, fuel and water in Gaza following the attack. Mediators have been struggling to break a deadlock over providing supplies to desperate civilians, aid groups and hospitals. Biden said that he had spoken with the Israeli cabinet “to agree to the delivery of lif...
That is why the Trump administration recently cut US funding to UNRWA – the bulk of its budget. The White House’s implicit goal is to find a new means to manage Gaza’s misery. What is needed now is someone to arm-twist the Palestinians. Mike Pompeo’s move from the CIA to State ...
Population Fund, and funding to the Palestinian Authority. However, the U.S. previously under Trump had already pulled out of the U.N. Human Rights Council, with its financial obligations, and has been barred from funding the the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, or UNRWA, by a ...
Facing a financial crisis after the United States cut funding, the head of the Palestinians’ U.N. agency (UNRWA) claims the Palestinian issue will persist whether there’s money or not to run the agency. While UNRWA got some good news Wednesday with new pledges of $118 million, it remain...
Population Fund, and funding to the Palestinian Authority. However, the U.S. previously under Trump had already pulled out of the U.N. Human Rights Council, with its financial obligations, and has been barred from funding the the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, or UNRWA, by a bill...
President Biden restored UNRWA’s funding and sent the agency hundreds of millions of dollars after President Trump had cut off funds over its ties to terrorism. While Congress passed a one-year ban on further funding of UNRWA last spring, the Biden administration admitted that it was looking ...
President Trump on Tuesday announced the United States would withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council and end funding for the Palestinian relief agency UNRWA. Reuters White House reporter Jeff Mason joined CBS News to discuss the move.
SEN. JOHN KENNEDY: You called our decision to cut funding — well, first, what’s the United Nations Relief and Works Agency? MAYA BERRY: It’s UNRWA, which is — SEN. JOHN KENNEDY: Yeah. MAYA BERRY: — the institution that exists to provide services and aid to the nearly 6 million...
Ari Blaff, “UNWRA Deletes Social-Media Post Accusing Hamas of Stealing Humanitarian Supplies,”National Review, (October 16, 2023); “IDF releases proof of Hamas stealing gas from Gazan hospitals,”Jerusalem Post, (November 1, 2023); “Gazans to IDF: Hamas steals UNRWA food, kills civilians...