Tag: Palestinian Aid
UNRWA announces job with overly high salary, benefits
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...
Trump to US Jews: No aid for Palestinians until deal with Israel
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...
Report suggests that Trump’s Mideast team seeks an end to Palestinian ‘refugee’ status
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...
Trump administration released tens of millions in aid to Palestinians
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...
Legislation aims to make U.S. aid to Palestinian refugee agency contingent on reform
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...
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...