Posts Tagged: UNRWA
UNRWA Shutters Operations in Gaza Amid Protests
Ynet - The main UN humanitarian agency for Palestinians said on Thursday it was suspending operations in the Gaza Strip after demonstrators angered by aid...
Experts Call For Change in UN Palestinian Refugee Policy
NEW YORK - The way that Steven J. Rosen sees it, the Israeli-Palestinian peace process is being held back because of mathematics. "Multiplication of numbers does...
Gaza Marathon Canceled After Hamas Objects to Women Participating
The United Nations' aid agency for the Palestinians, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), has said it...
After Deadly Week for Palestinian Arabs in Syria, PLO Officials to Meet with Syrian Deputy PM
A PLO delegation headed by senior official Zakaria al-Agha is scheduled to meet with the deputy foreign minister of Syria, Faysal al-Miqdad, in Damascus...
Refugee-Turned-Activist Seeks Attention for Plight of Egyptian Jews
NEW YORK—For Levana Vidal Zamir, it was a "good childhood"—until May 14, 1948. At midnight, she recalls, Egyptian officers rampaged through her family's house and...
Australia to Give $90 Million in Aid to Palestinians
Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr announced that the country agreed to give $90 million in aid to Palestinian refugees over the next five years, the Australian...
U.S. State Department Affirms Support for 5 Million ‘Palestinian Refugees’
In the wake of a Senate amendment requiring the United States to quantify how many Palestinians receiving U.S. aid were displaced after the Israeli War...
Counting Palestine Refugees
The fetid, dark heart of the Arab war on Israel, I have long argued, lies not in disputes over Jerusalem, checkpoints, or "settlements." Rather, it concerns...
U.S. Senate Bill Alters Palestinian Refugee Status and “Right of Return”
The U.S. State Department and Jordan are lobbying to block a Senate bill that would bring the number of Palestinian refugees recognized by the United...
