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Palestinian protesters wave flags during a protest against the U.S. decision earlier this year to cut U.N. aid funds to Palestinians in Bethlehem, on Sept. 26, 2018. Photo by Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90.

UNRWA announces job with overly high salary, benefits

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Despite major budget cuts, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) posted a job last month paying 14 times the average annual Palestinian income. The position of director of external relations...
U.S. President Donald Trump. Credit: Sean Sullivan and Robert Costa via Flickr.

Trump to US Jews: No aid for Palestinians until deal with Israel

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U.S. President Donald Trump marked the upcoming Jewish New Year in a conference call with several dozen American Jewish leaders on Thursday and discussed with them his administration’s policies on Israel, the Palestinians and...
A Palestinian woman stands in front of UNRWA headquarters in Gaza City holding her refugee ration card during a protest demanding that the United Nations agency resume aid, April 8, 2013. Photo by Wissam Nassar/Flash90.

Report suggests that Trump’s Mideast team seeks an end to Palestinian ‘refugee’ status

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U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East policy team’s effort to shutter the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) may include efforts to clarify that millions of Palestinians are not refugees, according to a...
U.S. President Donald Trump with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem, May 23, 2017. Credit: Shealah Craighead/White House.

Trump administration released tens of millions in aid to Palestinians

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The Trump administration quietly released tens of millions of foreign aid to the Palestinian Authority recently that had been frozen as part of a review process. The foreign aid, which totals roughly $61 million, is...
View of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) building in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, July 26, 2018. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

Legislation aims to make U.S. aid to Palestinian refugee agency contingent on reform

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New legislation introduced in Congress recently is seeking to make American aid to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNWRA)—the U.N. refugee agency that is solely dedicated to the Palestinian refugees—contingent on reform. According...
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas chairs a meeting of the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in the West Bank city of Ramallah on April 4, 2016. Photo by Flash90.

China to offer Palestinian Authority $15 million in aid

China intends to offer the Palestinian Authority an aid package amounting to $15 million, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced on Tuesday. Xi announced his plans to offer the Palestinians assistance during the 8th Ministerial Meeting...