Posts Tagged: UNRWA
UN Agency Staff Celebrated Oct. 7 Massacre, Part of ‘Terror Strategy’ at Root of Hamas Attack, Watchdog Says
Teachers at Palestinian schools run by the UN agency responsible for Palestinian refugees celebrated Hamas' Oct. 7 massacre against Israel and are part of a...
US House Targets UNRWA Incitement, Moves to Prevent US Embassy From Leaving Jerusalem
Overshadowed by the passage last weekend of a continuing resolution to keep the US government running for 45 days and the subsequent forced ouster of...
US Announces $73 Million in Additional Funding for UN’s Palestinian Refugee Agency
In an announcement at a meeting convened to address the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Ambassador...
The Guardian Parrots UN Official’s False Comments on Palestinian & Rohingya Refugees
In a recent piece on the hardships facing Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, The Guardian uncritically amplified the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human...
Biden Admin Announces $50 Million in New UNRWA Funding
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday announced $50 million in new funding for a UN agency that is dedicated solely to the descendants...
Hady Amr’s Fantasy
The recent announcement of Hady Amr’s appointment as “special representative for Palestinian affairs” in the State Department’s Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs provides a revealing...
UN Resolution Calls Israel’s Founding a ‘Catastrophe’
i24 News - The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday passed a resolution to mark the founding of the modern state of Israel in 1948...
UN Palestinian Refugee Agency Finds ‘Man-Made Cavity’ Under Gaza School
The United Nations Relief Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) on Tuesday announced that it had discovered a “man-made cavity” under one of its schools...
38 House Republicans Send Letter Questioning Biden Administration Aid to Palestinians
38 House Republicans on Wednesday sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken questioning whether Biden Administration aid to the Palestinians violated “the spirit,...
House Foreign Affairs Committee Unanimously Passes Bill to Examine Antisemitic Palestinian School Curricula
The House Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday unanimously passed the Peace and Tolerance in Palestinian Education Act, setting the bill to be considered by the...
What UNRWA’s Leader Didn’t Tell the UN Security Council
Last Thursday, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini gave a statement to the UN Security Council saying -- as the agency has said every year for decades...
Israel Reveals Hamas Infrastructure in Civilian Areas Used to Launch Terror Attacks
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Wednesday urged the global community to exact a "heavy price" from Hamas, as the Israeli military revealed evidence claiming...
UN Palestinian Refugee Agency Puts Six Educators on Leave Amid Accusations of Hate Speech, Incitement
The UN agency for Palestine refugees has put six of its educators on administrative leave amid "allegations of hate speech” disclosed in a report issued...
Media’s UNRWA Love Affair: Incitement to Murder Jews Goes Unreported
Media outlets seem to have a soft spot for UNRWA. For the uninitiated, UNRWA is the acronym for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, which...
