The ban on the agency threatens Palestinian essential services. Some say it could also be a precursor to annexation.

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Here is a look at what the ban could mean for Palestinians in Gaza and beyond. The relationship between Israel and UNRWA has been tense for decades. The U.N. agency was founded in 1949 to care for ...

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We very much hope this decision will be withdrawn,' UNRWA spokesperson Jonathan Fowler says on Israel's looming ban on the agency, set to take effect Thursday - Anadolu Ajansı ...

Bill Deere, director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNWRA), discussed ...

The fate of the UN agency responsible for providing relief to Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) is left uncertain after an Israeli ...

Israeli laws smothering the operations of the United Nations Palestinian aid agency come into force on Thursday, leaving refugees fearing where they will get basic support.

UN officials described UNRWA as the "backbone of the humanitarian response" there, meaning that it is the only organisation with a comprehensive network aid storage and distribution capabilities ...

On Thursday, laws passed by Israel in October come into effect banning the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency, known as UNRWA, from Israeli territory and prohibiting Israeli officials from any contact wi ...

The head of the U_N_ agency for Palestinian refugees, Philippe Lazzarini, says an Israeli ban on his institution has not ...

The international community and the UN must now take the PA’s definition of political UNRWA at face value and let Israel’s shuttering of UNRWA signal the start of a process of its phasing-out.