US backtracks on pledge of $45 million food aid to UNRWA
Friday-19-January-2018
The US State Department on Thursday announced that Washington will not provide $45 million in food aid which it pledged last month for Palestinian refugees.
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Hundreds rally in besieged Gaza over Trump’s cut of funding to UNRWA
Thursday-18-January-2018
Hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets in the blockaded Gaza Strip after the U.S. administration decided to suspend millions of dollars in aid for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).
Belgium counters US with $23 million for UN Palestinian fund
Thursday-18-January-2018
Belgium has stepped in to help out the U.N. Agency assisting Palestinian refugees UNRWA with an immediate disbursement of $23 million after the U.S. administration suspended $65 million in aid for the international organization.
Arab League chief: U.S. cut of UNRWA funding to affect refugees
Thursday-18-January-2018
Secretary General of the League of Arab States Ahmed Aboul Gheit on Wednesday condemned the U.S. administration’s decision to curtail funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).
Hamas condemns US reduction of funding to UNRWA
Wednesday-17-January-2018
Refugee Affairs Department of Hamas Movement on Wednesday condemned the US administration’s reduction of funding to the United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) and said it aims at liquidating the Palestinian Question.
US cuts funding for UNRWA by more than half
Wednesday-17-January-2018
A White House official on Tuesday said his country would withhold about half the initial aid it planned to give the UNRWA a UN agency that serves the Palestinians.
NRC: US decision to withhold funding for Palestine refugees disastrous
Wednesday-17-January-2018
The Norwegian Refugee Council’s (NRC) Secretary-General urged the U.S. administration to reconsider its decision to withhold $65 million in funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestinian refugees.
NRC: Cutting funds to UNRWA would spell disaster for Palestinians
Friday-12-January-2018
Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) on Thursday warned that the US administration's threat to cut its funding to UNRWA would have disastrous consequences if carried out.
Rally in Nablus over UNRWA lay-off of Palestinian teaching staff
Thursday-11-January-2018
A group of protesters rallied on Thursday morning outside the office of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in Rafidia west of Nablus province.
Minister Abu Shahla meets UNRWA operations chief in Gaza
Tuesday-9-January-2018
Palestinian labor minister Ma’moun Abu Shahla on Monday met with director of UNRWA operations Matthias Schmale at the headquarters of the ministry in the Gaza Strip and discussed with him the US decision to freeze funding for the agency.
