What is UNRWA and why did Israel’s Knesset ban the agency …
Oct 28, 2024 · CNN — Israel’s parliament has voted to ban a United Nations agency that has provided essential services for Palestinian refugees for nearly eight decades, a move that could have devastating...
UNRWA chief: Agency enduring ‘darkest moment’, as Israeli ... - UN News
19 hours ago · Speaking at a press conference at UN Headquarters in New York, he detailed the implications of the recent laws passed by the Israeli Knesset, which aim to dismantle UNRWA activities across the occupied Palestinian territory, including Gaza and the West Bank. “The intention is to undermine the agency,” he said, emphasizing …
Israeli laws blocking UNRWA – devastating humanitarian ... - UN News
Oct 31, 2024 · Monday’s vote by the Israeli Knesset banning the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) contradicts principles of the UN Charter, violates Israel’s obligations under international law, and sets a...
What is Unrwa and why has Israel banned it? - BBC
Oct 29, 2024 · Israel's parliament voted on Monday evening to ban the UN's Palestinian refugee agency (Unrwa) from operating within Israel and occupied East Jerusalem. Contact between Unrwa employees and...
Israel bans UN aid agency UNRWA from operating in Israel
Oct 28, 2024 · Israel passed a law on Monday banning the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA from operating in the country, legislation that could impact its work in war-torn Gaza.
UN completes investigation on UNRWA staff | UN News
Aug 5, 2024 · A UN office investigating Israeli accusations that 12 staff members from UN Palestine relief agency UNRWA were involved in the 7 October Hamas-led attacks has closed one of the cases because...
Israel bans UNRWA, the U.N. relief agency for Palestinian refugees
Oct 28, 2024 · Israel's parliament voted Monday to ban the operations of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, the main humanitarian aid agency operating in Gaza.
UNRWA chief: Agency enduring ‘darkest moment’, as Israeli laws …
17 hours ago · Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said on Wednesday, pointing to a trifecta of legislative, operational and security challenges. Speaking at a press conference at UN Headquarters in New York, he detailed the implications of the recent laws passed by the Israeli Knesset, which aim to dismantle UNRWA activities across the occupied Palestinian territory, including Gaza and the West Bank ...
Israel’s parliament votes to ban UNRWA, the UN’s Palestine aid …
Oct 28, 2024 · The Israeli parliament has approved two controversial bills to ban the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) from operating on Israeli territory and areas under...
'Entire generation' in Gaza would lose education if UNRWA …
23 hours ago · Israel says UNRWA staff took part in the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, which sparked the war in Gaza. ... Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest ...