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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...
A school play performed at the UNRWA Nuseirat School in Gaza, in which students hold an Israeli hostage at gunpoint, April 2016. Credit: Center for Near East Policy Research.

Berlin pumps cash into UNRWA despite teachers urging murder of Jews

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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,...
Masked Palestinians demonstrate in the Balata refugee camp in protest against the policy of Scott Anderson, director of UNRWA in the West Bank, on Sept. 17, 2017. Photo by Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90.

UNRWA condemns ‘man-made cavity’ found under Gaza school

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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...
Masked Palestinians demonstrate in the Balata refugee camp in protest against the policy of Scott Anderson, director of UNRWA in the West Bank, on Sept. 17, 2017. Photo by Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90.

Study: UNRWA materials urge Palestinians to take up ‘hobby’ of killing Israelis

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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...
Palestinians receive food aid at an UNRWA distribution center in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah on May 26, 2021. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

UNRWA criticized for failure to dismiss teachers involved in anti-Jewish incitement

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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...
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.

Let UNRWA die already

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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...
In September 2011, a teacher leads one of the first classes of the new academic year at a Gaza-based U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). Credit: U.N. Photo/Shareef Sarhan.

EU cuts its UNRWA budget by 40 percent

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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 United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) building in the southern Gaza Strip on July 26, 2018. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

The UN’s anti-Semitism problem won’t be solved by ignoring it

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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...