Palestinian refugees

UNRWA Ban: Political and social dimensions strengthening Israeli dominance

Saturday-1-February-2025

Workers at the main clinic of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in the Old City of Jerusalem, known as "Zawiyat Al-Hind" near Bab Al-Sahira, say that the Israeli decision to ban the agency will directly impact medical and pharmaceutical services provided to over 30,000 refugees in Jerusalem.

Lazzarini: Thousands of Palestinian refugee files were secured

Saturday-11-January-2025

UNRWA commissioner-general Philippe Lazzarini emphasized the agency's vital role as "the custodian of Palestinian refugees' identity and history."

Lazzarini urges action from UN members to save UNRWA from Israeli ban

Thursday-7-November-2024

UNRWA commissioner-general Philippe Lazzarini urged the world on Wednesday to save it from an Israeli ban that would have “disastrous consequences” for millions of people in the occupied Palestinian territories, especially those caught up in the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip.

Palestinians in Lebanon fleeing war: The bitter journey to the Daraa refugee camp

Thursday-10-October-2024

A terrifying displacement journey was undertaken by 16 families of Palestinian and Lebanese origin from southern Lebanon, fleeing the deadly bombardments from Israeli warplanes amidst difficult humanitarian conditions.

Palestinians in Al-Rashidiya camp are living the Nakba again

Wednesday-2-October-2024

Israeli displacement orders are chasing Palestinians wherever they are, keeping them within the cycle of the ongoing catastrophe, displacement, and deprivation of any stability even if they reside outside their occupied homeland.

On World Refugee Day: Over 6 million Palestinians suffer from displacement

Thursday-20-June-2024

Today, June 20th, marks World Refugee Day, a day established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2000.

Hamas: ‘Al-Aqsa Flood’ restored the prestige of the Palestinian refugee issue

Thursday-20-June-2024

The Hamas Movement has affirmed that the battle of “Al-Aqsa Flood” restored the prestige of the Palestinian refugee question in the international arena as a just and legitimate issue and thwarted all attempts by the Israeli occupation and its allies to obliterate it.

Lazzarini: Calls for dismantling UNRAWA aims to strip Palestinians of refugee status

Thursday-2-May-2024

UNRWA commissioner-general Philippe Lazzarini has affirmed that the calls for UNRWA to be dismantled are aimed at stripping Palestinians of their refugee status.

Lazzarini: Is UNRWA paying the price for drawing attention to the plight of the people of Gaza

Monday-5-February-2024

The Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, UNRWA, Philippe Lazzarini, asked, on Sunday, if “the United Nations agency was paying the price for drawing attention to the plight of the residents of the Gaza Strip.”

Sabra and Shatila: Bleeding wound and story of never-ending pain

Sunday-17-September-2023

Since the 1948 Nakba (catastrophe) the oppressed Palestinian people have faced dozens of massacres including the three-day brutal one that was committed in Lebanon’s Sabra and Shatila by Israeli-backed Christian militiamen in 1982.