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UNRWA

Headline / Israel At War: Iron Swords / The Knesset / United Nations (UN)

Knesset Committee Moves to Curb UNRWA Activities in Israel

By Sveta Listratov

The proposals were passed unanimously by the committee following extensive discussions.

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / United Nations (UN)

Israel Strikes Terrorists Hiding in UN School

By Pesach Benson / TPS

Hamas used the Abu Oraiban School as a hideout and as a point to direct and launch attacks on Israeli soldiers.

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs

Booby-Trapped Tunnel Where Soldiers Were Killed Was Under Rafah Health Clinic

By Pesach Benson / TPS

The UNRWA is under fire amid revelations that its staffers participated in Hamas’s October 7 attacks.

Headline / Terrorism / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Eye on "Palestine" / Government / Jerusalem / United Nations (UN)

UNRWA Ordered to Vacate Jerusalem Offices Over Lease Violations

By Pesach Benson / TPS

Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Arieh King noted,"They’re building illegal buildings, they have petrol stations in places they’re not allowed to have."

IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Antisemitism / United Nations (UN)

UN Agencies Randomly Use Statistic that Child in Gaza Killed Every 10 Minutes

By Mike Wagenheim - JNS

It is unclear how that figure was tabulated; it would mean that some 28,000 children have been killed since Oct. 7—a number not even claimed by Hamas.

Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / United Nations (UN)

Israeli Foreign Affairs Ministry: Review of UNRWA’s Neutrality Offers ‘Cosmetic Solutions’

By Mike Wagenheim - JNS

“Hamas has infiltrated UNRWA so deeply that it is no longer possible to determine where UNRWA ends and where Hamas begins,” a ministry spokesman said.

Israel At War: Iron Swords / US

House Passes ‘Minibus’ Package with Money for Israel, No More UNRWA Funding

By Andrew Bernard

“It is the most pro-Israel State and Foreign Operations bill that we have ever seen,” said Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart (R-Fla.).

Featured / Headline / Terrorism / IDF & Security / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / United Nations (UN)

WATCH: Secret Hamas Server Farm Discovered Under UNRWA Headquarters in Gaza

By Jewish Press News Desk

The underground server farm's cable were connected via the UNRWA HQ communications room. Hamas was openly operating in the UNRWA compound.

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs / United Nations (UN)

Netanyahu to UN Envoys: ‘UNRWA Totally Infiltrated with Hamas’

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The Israeli prime minister told the eight visiting ambassadors it is time to replace the agency tasked with supporting the Palestinians.

Featured / Terrorism / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / Antisemitism / The Knesset / United Nations (UN)

Israeli Lawmakers Ponder UNRWA Overhaul

By Etgar Lefkovits - JNS

Israel has long said that UNRWA was created to perpetuate the conflict, not help Arab refugees.

Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / UK / United Nations (UN)

British Foreign Secretary: ‘Hamas Can Have No Future In Gaza’

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

“Today’s sanctions on Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad will continue to cut off their access to funding and isolate them further."

Headline / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / United Nations (UN)

Discovery of Rockets Hidden in UNRWA Relief Supplies Raises Questions, Again

By Pesach Benson / TPS

The IDF has discovered rockets being stored in UNRWA schools and clinics during past conflicts as well.

Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / United Nations (UN)

UNRWA 'Strongly Protested' Tunnel Discovered Under Gaza School

By Pesach Benson / TPS

“A man-made cavity underneath the grounds of an UNRWA school in Gaza” was discovered.

US / United Nations (UN)

US Announces $99 Million in Assistance to UNRWA

By JNS & JewishPress.com News Desk

According to the U.S. State Department's Population, Refugees, and Migrations Bureau, the funds will "provide education, health care, and emergency relief to hundreds of thousands of Palestinian children and families during a time of need."

Israel / United Nations (UN)

At Donors Conference, Israel Warns UNRWA is the Problem, Not the Solution

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

A recent report by the UN Watch exposed that more than 100 UNRWA employees posted content on social media that spreads hatred against Israel and Israelis, encourages anti-Semitism, and supports terrorism.

UK / United Nations (UN)

Report: UK Cuts UNRWA Funding by Over 50 Percent

By Ariel Kahana

UNRWA chief ties move to criticism of P.A. curriculum taught in U.N. agency’s schools. The U.K. was the third largest UNRWA donor in 2020.

United Nations (UN)

UNRWA Chief Makes Urgent Appeal for Funding, Says Agency Risks ‘Collapse’

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

There are plenty of people in Israel who think shutting down UNRWA's completely would be a positive step.

Terrorism / Gaza / Hamas / United Nations (UN)

Hamas Bars UN Inspectors from Examining Terror Tunnel Under UNRWA School in Gaza

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Upon learning of the presence of UNMAS inspectors at the school, Hamas police arrived on the scene and forced them to leave.

Israel / Antisemitism / United Nations (UN)

‘Terrorism Under Auspices of UN Hypocrisy’: Israel Demands Action After Report Shows UN-Paid Teachers Celebrate Deaths of Israelis

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

“UNRWA once again proves that it is not a humanitarian organization but an organization that encourages terrorism under the auspices of UN hypocrisy,” Ambassador Erdan stated.

US / United Nations (UN)

US Transfers $135 Million in Aid to UNRWA

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“We once again have an ongoing partner in the United States,” says UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini.

Terrorism / Gaza / Hamas / Palestinian Authority

Hamas: ‘Next round of Fighting is for Control of Gaza Rehabilitation Funds’

By Baruch Yedid / TPS

Whoever has the hand on the faucet of the rehabilitation money will have tremendous influence in Gaza.

Terrorism / Palestinian Authority / Europe / United Nations (UN)

In Historical First, European Parliament Condemns UNRWA for Incitement in Teaching Materials

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

An IMPACT-se report showed that PA school textbooks have “consistently shown a systematic insertion of violence, martyrdom and jihad across all grades and subjects.”

US / Gaza / Hamas / Palestinian Authority / United Nations (UN)

Pro-Israel Groups Press Congress to Help End ‘Hateful Content’ in UNRWA Schools

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

It is critical that we stand together to demand systemic reform to educational materials ... before one more child is taught from textbooks riddled with hateful lessons,” states a letter to U.S. legislators.

Israel / Antisemitism / United Nations (UN)

UN Targets Israel in Seven Different Resolutions

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The language condemns the Jewish state for “repressive measures” against Syrian citizens in the Golan Heights and renews the mandates of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency.

Featured / US / Eye on "Palestine"

Haley Calls on Trump Administration to Release Classified Report on 'Palestinian Refugees'

By Aaron Bandler / Jewish Journal

“This goes to the heart of speaking hard truths in the name of moving peace forward,” says former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N Nikki Haley.

Antisemitism / Boycott / BDS / United Nations (UN)

UNRWA USA Communications Director to Address pro-BDS Conference

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Organizers say it is an “in-depth course on legislative advocacy” in training activists to lobby Congress on BDS and other anti-Israel issues.

Israel / United Nations (UN)

Former UNRWA Spokesman Chris Gunness Attacks Israel in Bizarre Twitter Rant

By Israel Hayom

Chris Gunness, who left the U.N.'s Palestinian refugee agency earlier this year, spent Christmas Eve writing holiday-themed parodies mocking the Jewish state.

News Briefs / Jerusalem / Canada

Stephen Harper Nominated to Have Jerusalem Street Named For Him

By Eliana Rudee

Though tradition dictates that the honor be reserved for individuals who have been dead for at least three years, exceptions may be made.

Israel / United Nations (UN)

Israeli Ambassador to UN Calls for UNRWA’s Shutdown, as UNRWA Chief Steps Down

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Ambassador Danon called for the shuttering of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) after the body publicized the preliminary findings of its probe into broad corruption among its leadership.

Israel / United Nations (UN)

UN’s Findings on UNRWA Corruption Shows We Were Right, Israel Says

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Several countries suspended their aid to UNRWA following the publication of allegations against the corrupt organization.

US / Gaza / Health and Medicine

Construction Begins in Gaza on New American Hospital

By Baruch Yedid / TPS

The Palestinian Authority is opposed to the project, saying it is part of a collaboration between Israel and Hamas to expand the split between the PA and the Strip.

United Nations (UN)

Israel Calls for Suspension of Aid to UNRWA After Corruption Allegations Exposed

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Danon: "UNRWA has in recent years worked to redirect world funds to continue this corruption industry that has served its leadership."

Hamas / United Nations (UN)

Exposed: Hamas Has a Sleeper Cell Inside UNRWA

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Hamas and UNRWA coordinate their activities. Hamas notifies UNRWA of its actions and tells them when to stay away so they can later claim innocence.

US / Eye on "Palestine"

Trump Administration Requests No Taxpayer Assistance to Palestinian Authority, Gaza

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The administration requested that U.S. assistance to Israel remain at $3.3 billion.

Headline / US / Eye on "Palestine" / On Campus / Education / United Nations (UN)

Declassified Report on UNRWA Accuses US State Dept of Misleading Congress on PA Schoolbooks

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“. . .material purchased using U.S. tax dollars to counter the anti-Semitic and anti-Israel bias injected by the PA is being rejected and not utilized on the ground."

Eye on "Palestine" / Jerusalem / United Nations (UN)

Alarms Raised Over UNRWA’s Anti-Israel Incitement within its Jerusalem Schools

By Josh Hasten

Experts and former Israeli politicians who contend that the U.N. agency is perpetuating the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by encouraging incitement are urging the Israeli government to revoke permits for schools in Jerusalem under UNRWA’s auspicious.

Gaza / Hamas / Europe

Standoff Ends Between Hamas and Italian Diplomats Accused of Spying for Israel

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Hamas suspected the four armed diplomats were Israeli spies. It went downhill from there.

Jerusalem / United Nations (UN)

Jerusalem Mayor Barkat to Evict UNRWA

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“We are putting an end to the lie of the ‘Palestinian refugee problem’ and the attempts at creating a false sovereignty within a sovereignty,” says Mayor Nir Barkat.

Headline / US / Politics / Palestinian Authority / United Nations (UN)

Report: Trump Administration to Abolish PA Right of Return, UNRWA Budget

By JNi.Media

The news report comes just hours after a State Department official said the United States would redirect more than $200 million earmarked for economic aid to the PA and Gaza to projects elsewhere.

Featured / US / Eye on "Palestine" / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / United Nations (UN)

Trump, Kushner, Seek to Remove Refugee Status of Millions of Arabs Who Never Fled from Anywhere

By JNi.Media

Why haven't the PLO and Hamas permitted these three million or so people to turn their tent and shack cities into actual cities? Because if they do, it would mean they have given up the hope of returning to Israel.

Headline / US / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Erekat: Kushner, Greenblatt, Want to Destroy the Palestinian Authority

By JNi.Media

They are seriously concerned over in Ramallah about President Trump's apparent plan to go over their heads to the people and give them what they need: prosperity.

Headline / Gaza / Health and Medicine / United Nations (UN)

UNRWA: Gaza Baby Mortality Shot Up As Soon As Israel Left

By JNi.Media

The report pins on Israel the full responsibility for the dying Gaza infants crisis, because it has imposed a strict blockade on the Hamas ruled Gaza Strip.

Headline / US / Palestinian Authority

US Lawmakers Introduce Bill to End Hate Education in Palestinian Authority Schools

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“Ultimately, these textbooks are a major impediment to the possibility of peace. They deny young Palestinians the chance of a violence-free and peaceful future..."

US / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / On Campus / Education

Jerusalem-Based Institute Pushing US Bill for PA School Curriculum Transparency

By JNi.Media

“Congressman Young’s vision in initiating and introducing this bill is timely, remarkable, and potentially extremely significant in offering young Palestinians a peaceful vision for the future.”

The Jay Shapiro Show

Three Interesting Topics - The Jay Shapiro Show

By Israel News Talk Radio

Three topics that should be of interest to those who support Israel.

Featured / United Nations (UN)

UNRWA vs. UNHCR - The Numbers Will Shock You

By Jewish Press Staff

Numbers don't lie, even if UNRWA does. UNRWA is a complete failure when it comes to refugees.

Pull Up a Chair

Raindrops on Roses - Pull Up a Chair

By Israel News Talk Radio

Andrea's new segment called “My Jewish Hero”.

Featured / Middle East / Levant / US / United Nations (UN)

Arab Nations Condemn US UNRWA Funding Cut, Stay Mum on Making Up the Difference

By JNi.Media

The oil-rich Arab countries of the Middle East have other priorities, or they would have offered to fill UNRWA's budget gap.

Headline / US / Politics / Eye on "Palestine" / Government

Political, Diplomatic Echelons At Odds Over Trump's UNRWA Budget Cut

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Hotovely: UNWRA has "perpetuated the Palestinians’ fantasy" of returning to homes destroyed during the 1948 War of Independence.

Featured / Gaza / Hamas / United Nations (UN) / Islamic Jihad / Rockets from Gaza

Gaza Rocket Hits UNRWA School

By Jewish Press News Desk

Rather ironic that they're now hitting their own schools too.

Headline / US / Politics / Eye on "Palestine" / Government / United Nations (UN)

Jerusalem, Washington, Working to Abolish 'Eternal' Palestinian Refugees' Status

By JNi.Media

The Israeli initiative to change the Palestinians' 70-year-old refugee status takes advantage of a window of opportunity created by the current administration rigid and often hostile approach to the UN and its agencies.

Terrorism / Gaza / Hamas / United Nations (UN)

Israel Calls for UN Condemnation over Hamas School Terror Tunnel

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Israel called on the Security Council to strongly and unequivocally condemn Hamas and its repeated abuse of civilian infrastructure, and to designate Hamas group as a terrorist organization.

Headline / Terrorism / IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / United Nations (UN)

UNRWA Found Tunnel Under Two Gaza Schools

By JNi.Media

All terror factions in the Gaza Strip said they had nothing to do with the tunnel in question, and they wouldn't dream of violating the neutrality of UNRWA and put schoolchildren at risk.

Featured / Eye on "Palestine" / United Nations (UN)

UNRWA Won't Be Changing School Textbooks and Curriculum

By Jewish Press News Desk

The decision was made following warnings by Hamas and the Palestinian Authority.

Photo of the Day

Half a Palestinian State

By Photo of the Day

The future king of Jordan is a half-"Palestinian"

Op-Eds

How UNRWA Keeps Remaking Itself: Defining, Re-Defining and Re-Re-Defining Who Is a Palestinian Refugee

By Bennett Ruda

Who qualifies to be considered a Palestine Refugee is a mercurial problem. Over the years, the.UNRWA has defined -- and redefined -- who qualifies as a Palestine Refugee multiple times.

IDF & Security / Syria / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Lebanon / Anti-Israel NGOs / Jordan / United Nations (UN)

UN Watch: UNRWA Teaches AntiSemitism and Incitement

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

UN watchdog report reveals dozens of instances of UNRWA teachers glorifying terrorism and antiSemitism.

David Bedein's Behind the News in Israel

The New Islamic Funders of UNRWA

By David Bedein

The UNRWA is not merely funded by the UN and international organizations. It is funded by extremist Islamic sources

US / Politics / Gaza / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / Judea & Samaria

Finally: Congress Asking UNRWA for Real Number of Palestinian Refugees

By JNi.Media

Republicans in both houses have launched parallel efforts to compel the State Department to go on the record with who qualifies as a “Palestinian refugee.”

Op-Eds

Filmmaker Calls for UNRWA ‘Self-Introspection’ over Palestinian Classroom Incitement

By Josh Hasten

“Instead of denying [the new video’s] validity,” says Bedein, “UNRWA should bring it to the attention of donor nations that they are funding war curriculum education within a U.N. organization, so that the situation can be rectified.”

Israel / US / Hamas / UK / News Briefs / Europe / United Nations (UN)

UNRWA Official Spoke at UK-Based Terrorist Group

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Chris Gunness, spokesman for UNRWA, addressed a "charity" organization that the U.S. has declared a terror group that funnels money to Hamas.

Israel / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Intifada

US Condemns Terror Attacks without 'Balanced Blame'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The obscene and gross Arab lie finally is starting to dissolve.

Syria / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / United Nations (UN) / ISIS

US: UNRWA Gets Add'l $6M for Yarmouk 'Palestinians,' Only $10M for Nepal

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

The US has given more than $57M to UNRWA for 'Palestinian' refugees in Syria in 2015 alone, but only pledged $10M for Nepal?

Israel / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / United Nations (UN) / Rockets from Gaza

UNRWA Chutzpa

By Shalom Bear

UNRWA is proud because Hamas only stored mortars in their schools, not rockets, according to the UN inquiry.

Israel / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / United Nations (UN)

Bomb Explodes at UNRWA Headquarters in Gaza

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The lives of Gaza residents under Hamas go from miserable to even more miserable.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / United Nations (UN)

Arab 'Refugees' in Samaria Clash with PA Forces and Shut Down Highway

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

If the Palestinian Authority cannot control security for its own people. how can it protect Israel from terrorists?

Syria / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria / United Nations (UN) / ISIS

PLO Won't Fight in Yarmouk, as Left Call to Flood Israel with Refugees

By Shalom Bear

PLO refuses "to be drawn into any armed campaign" (that's a new one). Leftwing groups campaigning to flood Israel with Yarmouk "Palestinian refugees" for "humanitarian" reasons.

Syria / ISIS

Islamic State Posts Photos of Beheaded of Arabs UNRWA Refugee Camp

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

ISIS has taken control of almost the entire Yarmouk camp near Damascus.

Israel / Syria / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Islamists / Jordan / ISIS

ISIS Raids Palestinian Camp and Begins to Fulfill Netanyahu's Prophecy

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Netanyahu said "radical elements...would certainly attack Israel and... threaten the Palestinian Authority and take control of the Palestinian public."

Israel / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / United Nations (UN)

UNRWA Runs Out of Money that Israel Says Being Used for Terror Tunnels

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

As usual, there is a big gap between what Arab countries promise and what they deliver.

Israel / News Briefs / Media / United Nations (UN)

Israeli Paper Responds to UNRWA's Shocking Boycott Call

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Editor-in-chief and the op-ed editor of the Jerusalem Post respond to UNRWA's call to boycott paper

Politics / News Briefs / Media / United Nations (UN)

UNRWA Spokesman Calls for Boycott of Israeli Paper

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

OUTRAGEOUS: UNRWA call for boycott of Israeli newspaper may also violate State Dept. neutrality agreement

Analysis

Rachel's Tomb Hijacked

By David Bedein

UNRWA schools now teach that Rachel's tomb is a shrine to a Muslim.

Gaza / News Briefs

Malala Donates $50K to Rebuild UNRWA Gazan Schools

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Nobel Prize Winner Malala donates $50K to rebuild Gazan UNRWA schools.

Israel / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / United Nations (UN)

Update: UN Forgot to Announce Ban Ki-Moon to Visit Negev Rocket Victims

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

He removed any doubts that the United Nations is a front for the United Anti-Israel Nations.

FirstOneThrough

Helping Refugees: Shutting the UNRWA, Funding the UNHCR

By Paul Gherkin

Global resources flow to young and capable descendants of Arabs who left Palestine over 60 years ago

IDF & Security / US / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Rockets from Gaza / Pallywood

US State Dept Attacks Its Ally, Israel Over UNRWA Human Shields

By Rachel Levy

The U.S. State Department has attacked its ally, Israel, for returning fire in combat with Hamas near UNWRA facilities.

Shiloh Musings

The Dangers of Rebuilding Gaza‏

By Batya Medad

Reuters has an article up claiming that to rebuild Gaza it will cost $7.8 billion. (Reuters) - Rebuilding Gaza will cost $7.8 billion, the Palestinian Authority said on Thursday, in the most comprehensive assessment yet of damage from a seven-week war with Israel during which whole neighborhoods and vital infrastructure were flattened. I just think […]

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Egypt

Abbas Refused Offer to Resettle Refugees in Sinai

By Jameel@Muqata

Egypt generously offered to help end the refugee issue once and for all. Abbas refused...

David Bedein's Behind the News in Israel

Summer anti-Semitic Demonstrations

By David Bedein

Each month, the Israel Civil Administration dispatches a Brinks truck to UNRWA camps in Gaza

Guest Blog

Save the Children

By Paul Gherkin

Jewish donors bought and donated the greenhouses to the Palestinians.

Terrorism / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / United Nations (UN)

Is UNRWA Aiding Terrorism?

By Zeev Ben-Yechiel / Tazpit News Agency

The United Nations Relief Works Agency (UNRWA) has come under increasing fire in recent weeks for aiding Hamas in the terror group's war against Israel, with one advocacy group lodging a formal complaint against the organization. As evidence seems to continue to emerge of the use of the agency's schools and clinics as Hamas storehouses, […]

Terrorism / Israel / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / United Nations (UN)

Is UNRWA Aiding Terrorism?

By Zeev Ben-Yechiel / Tazpit News Agency

An advocacy group has lodged a formal complaint claiming UNRWA has far exceeded its mandate by aiding and sustaining the psychological and physical assault on Israeli civilians and infrastructure.

Serials

Getzlight – Chapter II

By Ruchama Feuerman

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