The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is a UN agency that operates for the benefit of Palestinian refugees.
Having been founded in 1949, UNRWA is the only UN refugee agency dedicated to a specific area and refugee crisis.
The organization continues to operate in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, providing humanitarian aid and education for Palestinians.
However, UNRWA has also come under fire for a number of controversies, such as those who claim it creates dependency rather than resettling refugees and others who claim it promotes antisemitism and incitement against Israel in its educational programs.
UNRWA official Natalie Boucly celebrated the arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Gallant as the start of "accountability."
The meeting held in 2017 showed UNRWA’s Pierre Krahenbuhl cordially meeting up with leaders in different Palestinian terror organizations, asking them to keep the meeting secret.
As US envoy Amos Hochstein works to broker a deal for northern Israel's security, UNIFIL's role in Lebanon faces scrutiny after decades of failing to curb Hezbollah's activities.
This is in response to rising civilian anger at price gouging and aid seizures.
Yonatan was abducted from Kibbutz Beeri on October 7, after he escaped the Nova festival.
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We also demand that the world stop rewarding terror. To remove Israel and admit Palestine as a full member of the UN at this moment is to endorse this strategy of violence and obstruction.
MK Dan Illouz challenges his party on haredi IDF draft policy and pushes for international policy shifts against UNRWA and Hamas-backed influences.
Reports found one of the main protest organizers to be PGNL, a prominent member of the extensive Hamas-affiliated network in the Netherlands, led by a self-described former teacher at UNWRA.
Israel’s Operation Swords of Iron in the Gaza Strip following the terrorist attack on October 7, 2023, revealed the involvement of UNRWA employees in terrorism.
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