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A sign on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency building in Rafah, the southern Gaza Strip, Nov. 29, 2021. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

UNRWA teachers Telegram channel glorifies Oct. 7 Hamas massacre

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A Telegram channel for UNRWA teachers in Gaza with over 3,000 members contains messages glorifying the Hamas massacre of Oct. 7 and encouraging the execution of Israeli hostages, an investigation by Geneva-based human rights...
U.N. workers and empty trucks wait for the arrival of humanitarian aid at the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt on Oct. 21, 2023. Photo by Atia Mohammed/Flash90.

Biden promised Gaza aid wouldn’t go to Hamas. He lied.

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A week after the horrors of Oct. 7, when the Biden administration first convinced Israel to open up the siege of Gaza and allow in international aid, it promised Hamas would not get it. “If...
UNRWA sacks filled with sand line a Hamas terror tunnel under Al-Azhar University in Gaza City. Credit: TPS.

Hamas used UNRWA and USAID sacks to build tunnels

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The discovery of U.N. and USAID sacks being used by Hamas to construct terror tunnels in Gaza raises new questions about the security of humanitarian aid falling into the hands of the Islamist group. Israeli...
Palestinians receive bags of flour at an UNRWA distribution center, Nov. 23, 2023. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

Swiss parliament moves to stop funding UNRWA

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The Swiss National Council voted on Tuesday to cut funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) amid mounting international concerns over the group’s activities in Gaza. The decision by the lower house of...
MK Sharren Haskel (second from left), co-chair of the Knesset’s Christian Allies Caucus, at the European Parliament in Brussels, Dec. 6, 2023. Photo: Courtesy.

Knesset’s Christian Allies Caucus calls to dismantle UNRWA

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The United Nations has become an accomplice to Palestinian terrorism, and UNRWA, its organization that deals exclusively with Palestinian refugees and their descendants, needs to be dismantled, a leader of the Knesset’s Christian Allies...

UNRWA: Facilitator of Hamas

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Palestinians outside the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in the Askar refugee camp, east of Nablus, on May 8, 2023. Photo by Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90.

Biden’s glass White House

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So far, U.S. President Joe Biden has been good about withholding criticism of Israel publicly despite the Netanyahu government doing everything it can to provoke him. Other than expressing concern about judicial reform and...
Palestinians mark the Eid al-Adha holiday at an UNRWA school in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, July 31, 2020. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

US increases funding for UNRWA

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The U.S. State Department has allocated more than $220 million for UNRWA this year despite its schools' curriculum that glorifies violence and terrorism and an agreement that conditions funding on the prevention of teaching hate...
UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini (second from right) addresses the pledging conference of the Ad Hoc Committee of the General Assembly for the announcement of voluntary contributions to UNRWA. At right is U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres. Credit: United Nations.

UNRWA to cut services after fundraising falls short

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The United Nations Relief and Works Agency raised just $107 million during a pledge conference on Friday, well below the $300 million mark it says it needs to continue its operations in Judea and...
Palestinian Authority textbooks. Credit: Matzav.com.

Reintroduced congressional bill aims to counter hatred in Palestinian textbooks

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Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) has again put forward the Peace and Tolerance in Palestinian Education Act to address the problem of racist incitement in textbooks that the Palestinian Authority and the U.N. Relief and Works...