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Arab League, Egypt praise UNRWA renewal as future in Gaza remains uncertain

While the US halted UNRWA funding, and Israel banned it outright after links with terror groups were disclosed last year, Arab countries celebrate its renewal by the UN General Assembly.

 A torn UNRWA logo is seen among destruction in Rafah, in southern Gaza, January 22, 2025
Grade 5 Arabic Language textbook exalting terrorist Dalal Mughrabi.

Antisemitism remains central feature in Palestinian education curriculum, IMPACT-se finds

Hamas terrorists inside Gaza tunnels, eating stolen humanitarian aid meant for civilians and mishandling weapons.

Al Jazeera and UNWRA caught out, Joshua Loitu Mollel's remains return - November 6, 2025

Hamas terrorists inside Gaza tunnels, with humanitarian aid visible in the background, while mishandling weapons.

IDF reveals Hamas ties to Iran, UNRWA, Al Jazeera, stolen aid in collection of documents


JPost Headlines: Sovereignty poses threat, Druze case against army official - October 23, 2025

The Jerusalem Post's must-listen news roundup with Shifra Jacobs—the top stories, clear and concise. 

Smoke billows from an evacuated UNRWA school following Israeli airstrikes, at al-Shati (Beach) refugee camp, in Gaza City, September 13, 2025.

EU lawmakers urge halt to UNRWA funding over terror links

Lawmakers from 16 EU countries urged the bloc to stop funding UNRWA, citing ties to Hamas and a failure to uphold peace values.

A protest display against UNRWA seen in Jerusalem, March 18, 2024

Judge dismisses lawsuit accusing UNRWA of aiding Hamas in October 7 attacks

The judge ruled that, since UNRWA is a part of the United Nations, it can claim the organization's immunity from being sued.

Burned out vehicles on Kibbutz Nahal Oz in the aftermath of Hamas's October 7 massacre; illustrative.

Letters to the editor, May 12, 2025, Mendacious definition

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Pro-Palestinian shift: Expanding the Trump plan to 1948 refugees - opinion

Thanks to UNWRA, many descendants of Palestinians displaced in 1948 are still refugees throughout the Middle East.

 PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY President Mahmoud Abbas holds up maps of the Palestinian compromise, addressing the UN Security Council, in 2020. But after the 1947 Partition Plan, local Arab leaders encouraged Palestinian Arabs to flee, says the writer.

Millionaire refugees: The charged debate over UNRWA’s defining policy and its future

UNRWA AFFAIRS: Who qualifies as a Palestinian refugee? And should this status be inherited indefinitely – even by millionaires?

 TODAY, UNRWA’S registry lists over six million refugees. Here, a Palestinian woman walks past a wall bearing the agency’s logo at a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah in southern Gaza.

Ireland's badge of dishonor in its phony war with Israel - opinion

A week of escalating tensions in the Ireland-Israel phony war, marked by diplomatic clashes, embassy closure, and controversial statements.

 Relations between Israel and Ireland.

UNRWA schools in Gaza: Principals, staff identified as members in terror units - report

A new report highlights the involvement of UNRWA educational staff in Hamas militant activity, inflammatory and inciting ‘educational’ material.

 Twelve UNRWA school principals who are members of Hamas's military wing.

Are Israel’s new anti-UNRWA laws problematic to implement? - opinion

Though the motives behind the new legislation are certainly understandable and justifiable, perhaps a little more thought should be given to the actual implementation of the two new laws.

 Israeli soldiers operate next to the UNRWA headquarters, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in the Gaza Strip, February 8, 2024.

Israel voids UNRWA contract, orders agency shut in three months

The move was carried out following the law passed by the Knesset last week, which stipulated that Israel would sever all ties with UNRWA.

 A damaged sign is pictured at the headquarters of UNRWA, following an Israeli raid, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Gaza City, July 12, 2024.

Conservative party urges EU to cut funding for UNRWA, designate agency as terrorist org

Martín Frías urged the EU to show “clarity and determination” in addressing what he described as UNRWA’s “ongoing relationship with the terrorist group Hamas.”

 EU FOREIGN POLICY CHIEF Josep Borrell arrives to attend an EU-Israel Association Council in Brussels in 2022. ‘We really want to see Europe standing up and recognizing the right of Israel to protect itself,’ Szijjarto says.