JERUSALEM — An Israeli law banning the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) from operating in Israeli territory took effect Thursday, ushering in a new and uncertain era ...

Israel’s ambassador to the U.N., Danny Danon, said in a letter addressed to the U.N. secretary general, António Guterres, “UNRWA is required to cease its operations in Jerusalem and evacuate ...

Legislation that goes into effect on Thursday bars UNRWA from operating in the country. That will affect aid delivery to Gaza and beyond. By Natan Odenheimer Reporting from Jerusalem Israeli ...

The most immediate impact will be in east Jerusalem, which Israel seized during the 1967 Mideast war and annexed in a move not recognized by most of the world. UNRWA's headquarters there faces ...

UNRWA COMMISSIONER-General Philippe Lazzarini ... Telephone: *2421 * Extension 4 Jerusalem Post or 03-7619056 Fax: 03-5613699 E-mail: [email protected] The center is staffed and provides answers ...

Jerusalem Councilman Aryeh King and members of Im Tirtzu celebrate the closing of the UNRWA office in Jerusalem. Jan. 30, 2025. (JNS) The U.N. Relief and Works Agency’s field office in the Ma ...

The UN Palestinian relief agency UNRWA has failed in its mandate and will cease operations in Israel by Thursday, Israeli UN Ambassador Danny Danon told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday, after a UN ...

Under the new rules, all UNRWA facilities in Jerusalem, including those in Maalot Dafna and Kafr Aqab, must be evacuated. The legislation also addresses accusations that UNRWA has allowed Hamas to ...

Geoff Bennet: Today the U.N. Palestinian relief agency UNRWA said it remains operational, providing humanitarian aid in Gaza, as well as the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. That's despite a ...

A ban preventing UNRWA, the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees, from operating in Occupied East Jerusalem and Israel has come into force today. The highly controversial move came into force after the ...

UNRWA has delivered humanitarian aid to two million Palestinians in Gaza while also helping Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. The agency provides services such as ...

JERUSALEM — In the Shuafat refugee camp, a hardscrabble district in east Jerusalem surrounded by a concrete wall, cars inched their way toward an Israeli checkpoint. Intense security makes ...