21 hours ago · Why are Israel and UNRWA at odds? The relationship between Israel and UNRWA has been tense for decades. The U.N. agency was founded in 1949 to care for …

1 day ago · UNRWA was established by the General Assembly in 1949 to provide humanitarian assistance to 750,000 Palestinian refugees who were uprooted from their land during the …

16 hours ago · UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA on Thursday upheld its commitment to support millions across the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) as Israel’s order for it to …

1 day ago · Israeli legislation banning the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, is due to enter into force in the coming hours, bringing fundamental changes to its operations in the …

1 day ago · Unrwa camps were first set up in Gaza to house Palestinians who fled or were expelled from their land in fighting before and after the state of Israel was created in 1948.

Nearly one-third of the registered Palestine refugees, more than 1.5 million individuals, live in 58 recognized Palestine refugee camps in Jordan, Lebanon, the Syrian Arab Republic, the Gaza …

Amid the ongoing devastating war in the Gaza Strip, extreme levels of violence in the West Bank, high humanitarian needs in times of change in Lebanon and Syria, economic challenges in …

2 days ago · “The vital work of UNRWA in ensuring that Palestinians have access to education and health care must also be protected in Gaza as well as the West Bank and East …

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East [a] (UNRWA, pronounced / ˈ ʌ n r ə / UN-rə) [b] is a UN agency that supports the relief and …

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is a relief and human development agency. UNRWA is funded almost entirely by voluntary …