With Gazans starving and freezing, the US withholding funds from UNRWA is unconscionable
I used to work for the beleaguered agency on the ground. Its work is essential to keeping Gazan civilians alive
I used to work for the beleaguered agency on the ground. Its work is essential to keeping Gazan civilians alive
The US is the single largest donor to UNRWA, the United Nations' agency that provides aid to Palestinians
Last week, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken declared the U.S. would restore financial assistance to the Palestinians with a first package totaling $235 million. The package comes as part of what the Biden administration described in a press release as its commitment “to advancing prosperity, security, and freedom for both Israelis and Palestinians in…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Trump administration froze $25 million in funding to Palestinian hospitals in eastern Jerusalem. The decision to halt funding to the East Jerusalem Hospital Network, made up of six hospitals, came on Saturday, a week after the United States announced that it would halt all funding to the UNRWA, United Nations refugee…
As soon as the State Department released its official statement announcing its plan to cut off aid to the Palestinians and limit the definition of “refugee” to first generation Palestinians last week, journalists and political analysts starting contacting me. They all asked me the same questions: What does this mean for Palestinians? What do you…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the United States announcement that it would halt all funding to the United Nations agency that aids Palestinians a “welcome and important change.” Netanyahu made the statement on Sunday morning, more than a day after U.S. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said in a statement that:…
The Trump administration will announce a decision within days to cancel funding for a U.N. agency that supports Palestinian refugees, several people familiar with the decision said on Friday. The administration pledged $60 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in January but withheld another $65 million pending a review. That remaining…
On a warm day in 2014 in al-Amari refugee camp near Ramallah, Mohammad Eliyan, who represents the central West Bank refugee camps at the PLO, was complaining to me about UNRWA. Every year for the past five, the UN agency responsible for Palestinian refugees had been scaling back its services, he said. At that point,…
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