US President Donald Trump is expected to sign executive orders on Tuesday to withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council and stop funding for the UN Palestinian relief agency (UNRWA), local media reported, citing a Whit...
Trump Admin. officials say President will sign an executive order on his first day in office barring the giving of foreign aid that does not serve American interests in move that likely would end US funding for UNRWA.
Under Trump, Washington has backed a move by Israel to ban the agency, after the US ally accused UNRWA of spreading hate material. US funding of UNRWA was halted in January 2024 by the administration of then-president Joe Biden after Israel accused 12 of its employees of invol...
Joe Biden's administration previously paused funding to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) after reports its staff were involved in the 7 October attacks. Mr Trump also claimed that Palestinians have "no alternative" but to leave Gaza...
Trump Admin. officials say President will sign an executive order on his first day in office barring the giving of foreign aid that does not serve American interests in move that likely would end US funding for UNRWA.
OCHA said it estimates about one million people are internally displaced, including about 352,000 people sheltering in UNRWA schools in central and southern Gaza “in increasingly dire conditions.” It said Gaza is “still under a full electricity blackout.” 上午3:26 GMT+8 Hostages’ families...
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 ...
Since then, US lawmakers have prohibited Washington from releasing funds to the agency. Several other countries that also withdrew funding for UNRWA have since reinstated their contributions, including Britain and France. Updated: Jan 7, 2025 Topics Defence Gaza war Hamas Israel Palestinians...
funding for the 193-nation world body, described the U.N. as a “den of antisemitism” and urged a continued halt to support for the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA. Of course, the U.N. isn’t perfect and needs reforms, Thomas-Greenfield said. But to those ...
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 ...