Tag: Palestinian Refugees
US and Israel call for end of UNRWA, the UN agency that oversees Palestinians
The United States and Israel on Wednesday called for UNRWA, the U.N. agency that oversees the Palestinian refugees, to cease operations.
“We need an additional $1.2 billion for our activities in 2019. We don’t believe...
New report highlights how UN gives singular treatment to Palestinian refugees
Uri Akavia, a researcher at Kohelet Policy Forum, recently published a new paper titled “Is UNRWA’s hereditary refugee status for Palestinians unique?” In it, of course, he details the origins of the issue since...
Group raises alarm over UNRWA’s anti-Israel incitement within its Jerusalem schools
Perhaps unbeknown to many Israelis is the shocking fact that only 12 minutes from downtown Jerusalem by light rail, a neighborhood exists within the city’s jurisdiction in which Arab children are being taught that...
Israel set to revoke UNRWA permits for Jerusalem schools
Israel will revoke permits issued to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) due to accusations that the organization incites terror against Israel.
According to a Hadashot television news report on Saturday, Israel’s National Security Council...
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...
Return of the refugee crisis
Thanks to a decision by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, an international agency tasked with caring for refugees is facing budget cuts. But rather than providing more proof of why Trump shouldn’t...
US report finds only 20,000 Palestinian refugees in the world
Members of the U.S. Congress are demanding the State Department make public a key report that includes precise figures on the number of people who became refugees in the 1948 War of Independence.
The existence...