Legislation that goes into effect on Thursday bars UNRWA from operating in the country. That will affect aid delivery to Gaza ...

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

U.N. officials vowed Thursday that the agency would continue to deliver services in the Palestinian territories for as long as possible.

Millions of Palestinians rely on the UN agency, not only in Gaza but also across the West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem. | ...

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We very much hope this decision will be withdrawn,' UNRWA spokesperson Jonathan Fowler says on Israel's looming ban on the ...

On Thursday, laws passed by Israel in October come into effect banning the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency, known as UNRWA, ...

Israeli laws smothering the operations of the United Nations Palestinian aid agency come into force on Thursday, leaving ...

Laws passed in October went into effect, barring the U.N. agency from the Jewish state and barring state officials from communicating with the group.

Israel has also long argued that UNRWA perpetuates the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by using this definition of refugee, the only case in which the status is passed down generationally.

Israel on Thursday formally banned the main United Nations aid agency for Palestinian refugees from operating on its ...