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UNRWA official threatens to fire employees involved with Palestinian factions

The Gaza head of the UN Agency that aids Palestinian refugees said he will fire employees recently elected to lead its labor union if he finds they are involved with Palestinian political factions. In a...

UNRWA official threatens to fire employees involved with Palestinian factions

The Gaza head of the UN Agency that aids Palestinian refugees said he will fire employees recently elected to lead its labor union if he finds they are involved with Palestinian political factions. In a...

Hamas: From Cairo to UNRWA

There is an oft-repeated statement that echoes across the Israeli political spectrum during the current Israeli political campaign, which is Israel will overthrow the Hamas government, which now rules Gaza. With that threat in mind,...

Perspective on UNRWA and Terror

The pressure group Arab Media Watch has put out a statement claiming that my observation in my Daily Mail column yesterday, that Hamas has intercepted dozens of aid trucks and confiscated food and medical supplies...

UNRWA: Overview and Policy Critique

UNRWA – the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees – was founded as a humanitarian agency but has subordinated its role as a service provider to a political agenda. It is the only UN...

Israeli Legislators Confront The UN: REPLACE UNRWA WITH UNHCR

Today, an unusual coalition of conservative and liberal factions, which usually war with each other, formed in the Israeli Knesset. A broad-based coalition of Israeli legislators called a packed press conference at the Israeli parliament...

Young Israeli Soldier Pays Ultimate Price In Battle That Ensued In UNRWA Camp

The entry into Nablus was conducted after there were warnings about plans by a joint Hamas-Popular Front cell to carry out a large-scale combined terror attacks

Israeli Soldier Killed, Two Injured In Warfare At UNRWA Refugee Camp

One Israeli soldier, Givati Infantry Brigade Staff Sergeant Arbel Raich, 21, was killed and two were lightly wounded overnight Wednesday in an exchange of fire with armed Palestinians at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) el-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, as Israeli troops were dispatched to locate smuggling tunnels.

Congressional Appropriators want UNRWA review

Congressional appropriators want the U.S. Congress' investigative body to investigate whether UNRWA is paying terrorists. A report accompanying the foreign operations spending bill approved last week by the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee sets...

U.S. intends to donate $40 million to UNRWA’s emergency appeal

Karen AbuZayd, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, today met with U.S. Consul General Jacob Walles to discuss the United States' intent to contribute $40 million to UNRWA's...