HISTORICAL FACTS: Unwra - Caught on Camera

Welcome to Trump’s New Rogue Order: US pulling out of key UN bodies leaves us all less safe

ANALYSIS: The U.S. president’s decision to withdraw from dozens of international groups will make America’s enemies rejoice, The Independent’s World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley writes

The Independent UK · Jan 8

Israel Forces Close UN Schools In Annexed East Jerusalem

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees said Thursday that Israel closed three of its schools in annexed east Jerusalem, months after an Israeli ban on its activities took effect.

International Business Times · May 8, 2025

Israel has no duty to allow UN aid agency into Gaza, says US state department lawyer

Joshua Simmons tells international court of justice that Israel’s concerns about Unrwa are ‘credible’

The Guardian - UK · Apr 30, 2025

Israelis' lawsuit says UN agency helps Hamas by paying Gaza staff in dollars

Israelis who were taken hostage or lost loved ones during Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack are suing the United Nations agency that aids Palestinians

The Independent UK · Jun 25, 2024

Trade convoys ‘squeezing out’ Gaza aid, humanitarian organisations say

UN says aid shipments fell by two-thirds during May but number of trucks entering Gaza rose

The Guardian - UK · Jun 3, 2024

Haunted and uncertain: the story of one Gaza family’s exile in Turkey

Ahmed Herzallah, his wife and three children have been catapulted into the unknown after fleeing their destroyed home

The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2024

Why is Israel forcing the evacuation of part of Rafah, Gaza’s last refuge?

Israel argues its security depends on disbanding Hamas battalions in Rafah as it calls on 100,000 people to evacuate.

Al Jazeera · May 6, 2024

Israel lodges proposal with UN for dismantling of Palestinian relief agency

Exclusive: Aid officials warn that transferring Unrwa’s functions to other bodies with famine looming would be disastrous

The Guardian - UK · Mar 31, 2024

Biden signs a $1.2 trillion funding package, averting a partial government shutdown

The compromise funding package will keep the federal government running through the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30.

WEKU · Mar 22, 2024

Congress unveils final spending package, as Friday midnight deadline looms

The text accounting for about three-quarters of all federal discretionary spending was released early Thursday. Now, lawmakers are racing against the clock to vote before a Friday midnight deadline.

WEKU · Mar 21, 2024