Tag: UNRWA
US increases funding for UNRWA
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 to cut services after fundraising falls short
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...
Reintroduced congressional bill aims to counter hatred in Palestinian textbooks
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...
Berlin pumps cash into UNRWA despite teachers urging murder of Jews
The German government in March funneled €5 million ($5.27 million) into a school project in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, even as a report by Israeli NGOs shows Palestinian teaching materials “glorify terrorism, encourage martyrdom,...
UNRWA condemns ‘man-made cavity’ found under Gaza school
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency on Wednesday condemned the presence of a “man-made cavity” found beneath a school in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.
The agency said in a statement that after “recently” identifying...
Study: UNRWA materials urge Palestinians to take up ‘hobby’ of killing Israelis
Educational materials produced by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) contain content that encourages jihad, violence and martyrdom, in addition to promoting anti-Semitism, according to...
UNRWA criticized for failure to dismiss teachers involved in anti-Jewish incitement
The director of UN Watch has criticized the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East for its failure to dismiss six educators the Geneva-based NGO claims have engaged...
Let UNRWA die already
Despite managing to raise $160 million in New York on Thursday, at a pledging conference of the Ad Hoc Committee of the U.N. General Assembly, the head of the United Nations Relief Works Agency for Palestine...
EU cuts its UNRWA budget by 40 percent
The European Union’s 2022-24 UNRWA aid budget will be 40% lower than during the previous three-year period, the E.U. announced last week.
The new budget will provide $82 million annually, compared to the previous average annual figure...
The UN’s anti-Semitism problem won’t be solved by ignoring it
For decades, supporters of Israel have debated what to do about the United Nations. Should they ignore it as a talking shop that makes a lot of noise but can’t impact events on the...