In fact, that’s the very reason the US supported the creation of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (Unrwa) in 1949. Though its purpose today is ...

Ireland's Tánaiste Simon Harris has today, February 7, announced €20 million in support from Ireland for the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for its work providing assistance to people in ...

The move coincides with a visit to Washington by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has long been critical of UNRWA, accusing the agency of anti-Israel incitement and its staff of ...

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 ...

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commissioner general of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency, also known as UNRWA, said in an interview with The Associated Press during a visit to Beirut.

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 ...

US President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Tuesday to withdraw from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) and the United Nations Human Rights ...

The move coincides with a visit to Washington by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has long been critical of UNRWA, accusing it of anti-Israel incitement and its staff of being ...

The head of the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, has alleged that rights of Palestinians continue to be violated in the Israeli occupied territories. In a social media post, ...