The Israeli government has ordered the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) to cease its operations in the country, effective today, Jan. 30, 2025. This decision follows years of ...

European lawmakers joined the call to shut down the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) after it was revealed that the Israeli-British hostage freed by Hamas had been held in ...

Future Looks Dire for UN Palestinian Refugee Agency, Says UNRWA Chief BEIRUT (AP) — The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees said Thursday that while an Israeli ban has not yet ...

After Israel last week enacted its ban on UNRWA, the United Nations agency that serves Palestinian refugees, from operating in Israeli-controlled territory, President Donald Trump on Tuesday ...

UNRWA, the United Nations’ Palestinian relief agency, said it remains operational in Gaza, the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem despite an Israeli ban. The law passed in October forbids ...

Israel last week formally banned UNRWA from operating on its territory. As a result, Lazzarini said, international staff have had to leave East Jerusalem because their visas expired, but in Gaza ...

Cancel anytime. A Palestinian woman sits next to sacks of flour outside the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) aid distribution station in Gaza City, June 20, 2007. BEIRUT — The head of the U ...