UNRWA, Israel

Israel Is Restricting Aid More Than Ever, UNRWA Warns as Millions Starve
On Friday, a group of 15 UN and humanitarian groups released a statement warning that Israel is aiming to wipe out all Palestinians left in north Gaza. Gaza officials have estimated that roughly 100,000 people are left in north Gaza, trapped by Israel’s brutal ground invasion.
Aid to Gaze jeopardized after Israel says it will no longer recognize UNRWA
The move comes after Israeli lawmakers further restricted the organization, which they accuse of working with Hamas.
Israel ends agreement with UNRWA, main provider of aid for Palestinian refugees
The Israeli Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it had notified the U.N. of the cancellation of an agreement dating back to 1967 that facilitates UNRWA's work.
What to know about UNRWA, the U.N. organization banned by Israel
A pair of laws passed by the Israeli Knesset this week, however, could imperil the ability of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees to work in Gaza.
UNRWA head says Israel's effort to dismantle the aid agency will be catastrophic for Gaza
The head of the United Nations Work and Relief Agency for Palestine said in a Tuesday letter to the U.N. General Assembly that Israeli legislation against UNRWA will have a catastrophic impact in Gaza.
Why Israel's UNRWA ban could be devastating for Palestinians
Many Palestinians see darker motives, viewing the UNRWA ban as Israel's latest attempt to make their lives unlivable, first imprisoning and bombing them, now taking away their main aid lifeline. “The impact on the ground will be horrible,” Mustafa Barghouti, head of the Palestinian National Initiative political party, told NBC News.
UNRWA Ban In Gaza 'Will Not Make Israel Safer': WHO
The chief of the World Health Organization on Monday denounced Israel's decision to cut ties with the UN agency supporting Palestinian refugees, saying it would not make the country safer while increasing civilian suffering in Gaza.
Israel’s UNRWA Ban Puts the U.S. and Palestinians in a Bind
With a consequential presidential election in days, President Joe Biden faces a difficult task after pigeonholing his administration into blind support for Israel.
Israel's move to ban UNRWA raises alarm about aid to Palestinian territories
Israeli legislation cutting ties with the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees raised fears that the largest provider of aid to Gaza could be shut out of the war-ravaged territory, even as the implications of the new laws remained unclear Tuesday.
UN Palestinian Agency Says Israel Ban Likely To Cause 'Collapse' Of Gaza Aid Work
The UN agency for supporting Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said on Monday that Israel's ban on its operations would lead to the "collapse" of humanitarian work in the war-torn Gaza Strip.
UNRWA warns Israeli ban is likely to cause "collapse" of Gaza aid work
The UNRWA agency said on Monday that Israel's ban on its operations would lead to the "collapse" of humanitarian work in the Gaza Strip.
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Israel’s Relations With the UN Hit a New Low With UNRWA Ban
Israel’s relationship with the United Nations has historically been strained, but over the past year, tensions have reached ...
Aid Entering Gaza at Just 6% of Pre-Genocide Deliveries as Israel Severs Ties with UNRWA
On Monday, the head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, said the amount of aid entering Gaza reached a new ...
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Banning UNRWA will lead to a vacuum and more suffering for Palestinians, the agency's chief says
The head of the U.N. agency caring for Palestinian refugees says that newly passed Israeli laws effectively banning its ...
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October 7 Survivor Recalls Her Unrwa Captor, and Just How Close the Aid Agency Is to Hamas
I didn’t expect that my captor was actually a member,” recalls Ditza Heiman, who was released as part of the November 2023 ...
UNRWA chief says Israeli forces damaged agency's West Bank office; Israel disputes claim
Israeli bulldozers damaged the office of U.N. aid agency UNRWA in the West Bank's Nur Shams camp on Thursday, the agency's ...
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Israel Unrwa ban: How Palestine's health, education and food services could collapse
Today, these Unrwa schools are either sheltering displaced families or reduced to rubble. Louise Wateridge, a spokesperson for Unrwa, the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees ...
Crowds of displaced Palestinians gather at UNRWA warehouse in Deir al-Balah, desperate for aid
Dozens of desperate Palestinians gathered Saturday outside a UN-run facility in central Gaza to receive urgently-needed ...
Adieu, UNRWA, stop lying to kids on gender and other commentary
Given the group’s intimate ties to Hamas, “Why on earth was UNRWA given free rein in Gaza for so long?” asks Commentary’s ...