The head of the U_N_ agency for Palestinian refugees, Philippe Lazzarini, says an Israeli ban on his institution has not ...

The Israeli government ban on UNRWA over national security concerns and links to terrorism began Jan. 30. UNRWA has called ...

The directive came in a letter to the U.N., after the Israeli Parliament banned the relief agency that has aided Palestinian ...

Israel demands UNRWA halt operations in Jerusalem by January 30, citing Hamas ties and security risks. The move follows ...

The laws ban the agency, UNRWA, from any activities in Israel, effectively cutting off its ability to deliver aid to Gaza. The agency, known formally as the United Nations Relief and Works Agency ...

But students in the Shuafat refugee camp in east Jerusalem, just beyond Israel's concrete separation barrier with the West Bank, filled their UNRWA classrooms as usual Thursday morning ...

Bill Deere, director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNWRA), discussed ...

Slovenia and Spain condemned Israel’s withdrawal from the 1967 agreement between Israel and UNRWA as well as any efforts to hinder the agency’s ability to function and fulfil its mandate from ...

Danny Danon, Israel’s permanent representative to the United Nations, informed the body that UNRWA would need to “cease its operations and evacuate all premises it operates in Jerusalem” on ...

Israel, backed by Washington, will cease contact with the UN's Palestinian humanitarian relief agency UNRWA and any body ...

Israel says other organizations are already handling the majority of aid work in Gaza. “We continue to provide services,” Juliette Touma, director of communications of UNRWA, told a press ...

The Israeli legislation, passed in October 2024, explicitly bans UNRWA from operating within Israel’s sovereign territory. The law also prohibits any communication or collaboration between ...