Posts Tagged: Palestinian refugees
In Face of US Opposition, UN Renews Scandal-Ridden Palestinian Refugee Aid Agency
The United Nations General Assembly on Friday overwhelmingly renewed the mandate for a UN agency supporting Palestinian refugees for another three years amid misconduct allegations...
Remembering the ‘Forgotten’ Jewish Refugees
JNS.org - The United Nations held its annual plenary session last week on the 72nd anniversary of the passing of Resolution 181, which partitioned the...
Israel Calls for ‘Deep and Comprehensive Change’ at UN Palestinian Refugee Aid Agency After Leader’s Resignation
The resignation of Pierre Krahenbuhl as commissioner-general of UNRWA on Wednesday was “but the first step in a long process that is needed to eliminate...
UN Palestinian Refugee Agency Seeks Donations as Funding Slips
The head of a UN agency supporting Palestinian refugees, which is under an investigation over suspected internal misconduct, said on Tuesday it still needed $150...
UNRWA Leaders Accused of Sexual Misconduct, Ethics’ Violations
JNS.org – An internal ethics report sent to the UN secretary-general in December alleges that the commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency...
US Plan Will Not Lure Lebanon Into Settling Palestinians: Parliament Speaker
Lebanon will not be lured by a US plan to invest billions in the country in return for settling Palestinian refugees, its parliament speaker, Nabih...
The Legacy of the ‘Nakba’ and Lies About Israel on College Campuses
JNS.org - Many students on college campuses these days hear the lie that Israel has murdered entirely innocent, unarmed protesters in the Gaza Strip. They...
UN Agency Aiding Palestinians Rejects US Bid to Strip It of Mandate
The head of the United Nations agency that has supported Palestinian refugees for seven decades hit back on Thursday at a US proposal to have...
‘Nakba Day’ Simply Infantilizes Arab Aggression
JNS.org - Imagine if Germans annually mourned the fact that Nazi Germany lost World War II, and called its failure to wipe out the Jews...
The Real Catastrophe for the Palestinians
JNS.org - Every year on May 15, Palestinians commemorate Nakba Day. The nakba or “catastrophe” refers to the displacement of Palestinians after Israel’s independence in 1948. This concept...
To Truly Confront UNRWA, the US Must Change Its Policy Immediately
Imagine what you could do with $5.7 billion. President Donald Trump could help fund his border wall. Democrats could put a down payment on their...
When the Arab World Stiffs Lebanese Palestinians, No One Cares
In 2007, a battle between Palestinian militants and the Lebanese army destroyed the Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr al-Baled, where 20,000 people lived. A conference in...
Too Big to Fail? How UNRWA Fails the Palestinians — and the World
To the consternation of many, the US government will no longer provide $350 million a year to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine...
BBC Perpetuates Narrative of Perpetual Palestinian Refugees
On October 8, the BBC published a video segment by Paul Adams, titled “After 70 years, who are the Palestinian refugees?” The segment was filmed at the Burg...
