Israel’s UNRWA Ban is Long Overdue
The Israeli Knesset’s recent decision to ban the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) from Israeli territory has been met with fierce backlash from Israel’s critics, with the United Nations suggesting the decision sets a “dangerous precedent.
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 new levels. On October 28, the Israeli parliament (the Knesset) passed a law to prohibit operations of the UN’s relief and works agency (Unrwa) – the UN body responsible for Palestinian refugees – within the territory it controls.
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.
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.
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WHO raises alarm over UNRWA ban
"There is simply no alternative to UNRWA," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wrote on X, echoing an earlier plea by UN ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Israel Notifies UN It’s Pulling Out of Agreement Allowing UNRWA Operations
A ban on UNRWA would lead to the collapse of humanitarian aid operations at large in Gaza, aid groups have warned.
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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...