The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees said Thursday that while an Israeli ban has not yet forced the agency to ...

Legislation that goes into effect on Thursday bars UNRWA from operating in the country. That will affect aid delivery to Gaza and beyond. By Natan Odenheimer Reporting from Jerusalem Israeli ...

UNRWA COMMISSIONER-General Philippe Lazzarini ... Observing Europe’s immigration crises with a relatively small percentage of Arab and Muslim immigrants must erase any illusion that Israel ...

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 ...

The directive follows recent legislation passed by the Israeli Knesset, terminating Israel’s agreements with UNRWA and citing national security concerns. In a letter addressed to Guterres ...

On Thursday, two laws took effect that effectively limit Unrwa’s ability to work in the war-ravaged enclave. One prohibits the agency's work within “areas under Israeli sovereignty", while the ...

The Israeli law expelling the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, or UNRWA, leaves open myriad questions about who will fill gaps in critically needed humanitarian services currently provided ...

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 ...

In a joint statement, Belgium, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Slovenia and Spain condemned Israel’s withdrawal from the 1967 agreement between Israel and UNRWA as well as any efforts to ...

The head of UNRWA has warned that an Israeli ban on the organization would greatly disrupt crucial humanitarian efforts in the Gaza Strip and threaten the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.