The Israeli government ban on UNRWA over national security concerns and links to terrorism began Jan. 30. UNRWA has called the move by Jerusalem as "disastrous."
Bill Deere, director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNWRA), discussed with ABC News on Wednesday relief efforts in Gaza and
LONDON - Britain, France and Germany on Friday reiterated their \"grave concern\" over Israel implementing a law forbidding any contact between its officials and UN Palestinian relief agency UNRWA. Read more at straitstimes.
U.N. officials vowed Thursday that the agency would continue to deliver services in the occupied Palestinian territories for as long as possible.
The law that bans the United Nations agency that aids Palestinian refugees in Gaza went into effect on Wednesday.
The UNRWA has warned that its inability to operate in Gaza could jeopardize the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Despite an impending Israeli ban, their humanitarian efforts continue. Juliette Touma from UNRWA emphasized the critical nature of these operations during a Geneva press briefing.
Hillel Neuer of the UN Watch hits back against UNRWA, which will be barred from operating in sovereign Israeli territory, saying that there are plenty of organizations that can replace the agency, whi
Israel has alleged that the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) is full of Hamas operatives and has reaffirmed its commitment to end ties with the agency this week.
Although Binyamin Netanyahu’s Israeli government maintained its ban on allowing foreign journalists to access and report from northern Gaza, the many interviews by local journalists indicated that once back “home”, whatever form that home now took, Gazans would refuse to move again.
The ban effectively cuts off the UN aid agency from delivering critical aid to Gaza, putting millions of Palestinians at risk after 15 months of war have devastated the region.