UNRWA
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The IDF said in a statement that it had taken steps to mitigate the risk of harming civilians, including using precise munitions and aerial surveillance. Palestinian rescue workers say at least 14 people have been killed and dozens of others wounded in an Israeli strike on a UN-run school that was being used as a…
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Israel’s parliament voted yesterday to ban the UN relief and works agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) from the country within 90 days. The Knesset banned the agency from conducting “any activity” or providing any service inside Israel, including the areas of East Jerusalem, Gaza, and the West Bank. The legislation will take effect 60 to 90…
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The Israeli decision to ban the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) on its territory and sever diplomatic ties with it could have a devastating impact on millions of Palestinians who rely on the services provided. Unless there is an intervention, the ban will come into force in 90 days. The vote in the Knesset…
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Here is a rundown of all the news that you need to start your Tuesday, including Israeli forces’ opening of fire on Palestinians awaiting aid, more than 13,000 children killed by Israel since Oc.t 7, UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini’s warning that his agency is at ‘breaking point,’ and French lawmakers enshrining right to abortion in…
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Israel ramped up its criticism of the embattled U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees Monday, saying 450 of its employees were members of militant groups in the Gaza Strip, though it provided no evidence to back up its accusation. Major international funders have withheld hundreds of millions of dollars from the agency, known as UNRWA, since…
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The Israeli foreign minister has lashed out at the Brazilian president over the latter’s remarks on the war in Gaza and the Holocaust. According to Reuters, Israel Katz declared that Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (Lula) was unwelcome in Israel after the Brazilian leader likened Israel’s actions in Gaza to the genocide of Jews by the…
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The head of UNRWA, the UN’s embattled agency for helping Palestinian refugees, has said that he won’t accede to Israeli calls for him to step down. Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA Commissioner-General, reacted to a question about whether he would resign over accusations that 12 of its staff were involved in the 7 October attacks. “If the…
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Situation in Rafah becoming ‘more and more difficult’ for UN staff The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees has been delivering a news conference in Brussels in the last few moments. Discussing the situation in the city of Rafah in southern Gaza, Philippe Lazzarini warned that it has become “more and more difficult”…
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Dear Education Colleagues, Today, I am writing to you, on the occasion of the World Teachers’ Day, to say a very big thank you to all UNRWA teachers and to education staff irrespective of where they are. Over the past two and a half years, it has been more evident than ever that no education…
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