UNRWA

UNRWA failed to implemented UN-recommended antisemitism, violent speech reforms, IMPACT-se finds

One eighth-grade Arabic language textbook contains reading comprehension, grammar, and vocabulary exercises that praise the slashing of Israelis’ throats and glorify suicide bombings.

Palestinian employees of United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) take part in a protest against job cuts by UNRWA, in Gaza City September 19, 2018.
A boy sits outside the entrance to an UNRWA building complex in Gaza City.

Palestinian officials slam decision to end UNRWA's role in Gaza as 'politically motivated'

Empty UNRWA and World Food Program trucks head to the Kerem Shalom crossing to collect limited humanitarian aid and fuel, in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip, July 24, 2025

UN chief says UNRWA nearing 'breaking point', calls for additional funding

Children return to school at an establishment run by United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) in Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus in the West Bank on August 29, 2018.

Tackling terror indoctrination in Palestinian schools key to ending 'Pay-for-Slay,' panelists say


It’s time to replace UNRWA: A credible alternative is needed in Gaza - opinion

Transitioning from UNRWA to UNOPS represents an opportunity to reset a humanitarian framework long distorted by politics and extremism.

 PALESTINIANS RECEIVE bags with flour from UNWRA in Khan Yunis in 2023. UNRWA’s refugee definition has reached absurd proportions, counting millionaire supermodels Bella and Gigi Hadid, the writer reports.

To some, Jews just don't have a right to live - opinion

Mahmoud Khalil’s lofty goal of liberation is two-fold – replacing Israel with Palestine and returning America to the indigenous people

 A PROTEST takes place following the arrest by US immigration agents of Mahmoud Khalil, at Columbia University, in New York City.

'No justification' for Israel's Gaza war, UN Human Rights Chief says

Volker Turk criticized both sides for humanitarian law violations, called for accountability, and warned against delegitimizing international institutions that uphold global law.

Volker Turk United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights addresses the Human Rights Council on his report on the situation of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the obligation to ensure accountability and justice at the UN in Geneva, Switzerland, F

Rutgers lecturer, UNRWA official join Hamas-affiliated org webinar

"This is just the latest example of rampant antisemitism on campus that threatens the safety of Jewish students," said US Congressman Josh Gottheimer.

 A hedge outside Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, July 30, 2016.

Time to cut off terror-linked international aid - opinion

From USAID's questionable funding in Gaza to UNRWA's compromised facilities, international aid organizations have been caught channeling resources to terrorist entities.

 A PALESTINIAN woman carries her son during a rally of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) on the 55th anniversary of its founding, in Gaza City, 2022 – the same year USAID awarded $100,000 to a Palestinian activist group whose leaders hailed the PFLP, a designated terror group,

UNRWA is an 'October 7 victim,' official claims in webinar with Hamas, PFLP members

‘UNRWA is facing collapse; we are witnessing the agency’s coup de grace’ warned UNRWA’s media advisor, which featured antisemitic tropes and accusations of corruption.

A protest display against UNRWA seen in Jerusalem, March 18, 2024

Is the UNRWA ban in east Jerusalem another Israeli bluff? - analysis

The law passed with a large majority and was supported by an array of MKs from both the coalition and opposition.

 AN UNRWA healthcare clinic in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip: Although UNRWA is technically an offshoot of the United Nations, it functions largely as a Palestinian organization, one that has been infiltrated and compromised by Hamas, the writer argues.

UNRWA laws remain unenforced in Jerusalem, despite Netanyahu's order

Israeli officials have not been able to implement a law intended to ban all activity of UNRWA in east Jerusalem, which came into effect on January 31.

A Palestinian woman takes part in a protest against possible reductions of the services and aid offered by United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), in front of UNRWA headquarters in Gaza City August 16, 2015.

Trump pushing EU to take 'Europe first' approach would benefit Israel, Palestinians - opinion

President Trump’s bold vision for peace, which is still in its early days, can only move forward if the hurdle of European disruptive intervention is removed.

 EUROPEAN COUNCIL President Antonio Costa takes part in a news conference during an informal European Union summit in Brussels, earlier this month. European intervention doesn’t have much to do with Palestinians; it has to do with Europe’s 2,300-year-old opposition to Judaism, the writer charges.

Jerusalem shuts down UNRWA vocational center after Netanyahu directive

According to the Israel Police, people uninvolved with the center began throwing stones at police officers stationed outside, who responded using riot dispersal methods.

A Palestinian woman takes part in a protest against possible reductions of the services and aid offered by United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), in front of UNRWA headquarters in Gaza City August 16, 2015.