Tag: UNRWA
Sans new funds, UNRWA’s operations to be ‘severely compromised’ by March
Philippe Lazzrini, commissioner-general of UNRWA, asked the president of the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday for permanent U.N. budgetary support for the scandal-plagued Palestinian-only refugee and social services agency.
Lazzrini wrote to Dennis Francis appealing to U.N....
UNRWA chief: Call to close agency ‘short-sighted,’ won’t resign
Calls to dismantle the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East are “short-sighted,” and terminating the organization’s mandate would be a “disaster” for the Gaza Strip, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe...
Research org that UN tapped for UNRWA probe previously dismissed allegations against agency
The Bergen, Norway-based Chr. Michelsen Institute is one of two—out of three—research organizations that the United Nations tapped to probe the neutrality of one of its agencies that has applauded South Africa’s genocide case...
Defunding UNRWA and collective punishment
The 14th chapter of the book of Leviticus describes a mysterious disease that infects houses. It states that when this disease is suspected, the dwelling must initially be left empty for seven days. If...
UNRWA USA philanthropy director a late scratch from ‘Occupy Blinken’ event
A press release ahead of an “Occupy Blinken” protest Thursday morning outside the McLean, Va. home of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken listed Hani Almadhoun and Hazami Barmada as speakers.
Almadhoun is described as...
No quick alternative to UNRWA, Israeli defense official tells US
Maj. Gen. Ghassan Alian, the Israeli Defense Ministry's coordinator of government activities in the territories (COGAT), told senior officials in the Biden administration that at this stage there is no alternative to the activities of UNRWA...
Netanyahu to UN envoys: ‘UNRWA totally infiltrated with Hamas’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a visiting delegation of United Nations ambassadors on Wednesday that "UNRWA is totally infiltrated with Hamas."
Furthermore, the premier called to replace the U.N. agency because it intergenerationally perpetuates...
Are Jewish and Arab refugees created equal?
Following revelations that the U.N.’s Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA colluded with Hamas in Gaza, 12 countries have withdrawn or paused their funding to the agency at time of writing, with more likely to come....
White House: UNRWA has done ‘a lot of amazing work’ in Gaza
John Kirby, the U.S. National Security Council spokesman, on Monday lauded the "good work" done by UNRWA amid mounting evidence that more than a thousand of the U.N. agency's employees are members of terrorist...
Terrorgram: More evidence of UNRWA support for Hamas
A UN Watch report released this week further bolsters the assertions of UNRWA's critics that the Palestinian aid agency, rife with terrorism supporters, is beyond repair.
UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, has...