US aid

UNRWA: Palestine refugees’ rights are not bargaining chips

Saturday-1-September-2018

Pierre Krähenbühl Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in an open letter expressed deep regret and disappointment at the nature of the US decision to end all funding to UNRWA

US halts $200 million aid to Palestinians

Saturday-25-August-2018

US State Department on Friday announced that president Donald Trump had decided to cut about $200 million in aid to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Gaza: UNRWA workers school students rally against US funding cut

Wednesday-28-February-2018

Thousands of UNRWA employees and school students participated in a massive rally held on Tuesday in Khan Younis south of Gaza to protest the recent US decision to shrink its financial support for the refugee agency.

Leading aid organizations protest U.S. cut in aid to UNRWA

Thursday-25-January-2018

The leaders of 21 international aid organizations sent a letter on Wednesday to top members of U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration strongly protesting a decision to slash $65 million in aid from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).

UNRWA staff members rally over U.S. “non-humanitarian” move

Wednesday-24-January-2018

UNRWA-run bodies suspended their services in the blockaded Gaza Strip on Tuesday to protest the latest U.S. decision to cut its aids to the agency.

UNRWA launches global campaign to prevent its collapse

Monday-22-January-2018

A press conference was held in Gaza Strip on Monday on the poor economic situation in Palestine and the crisis in UNRWA as a result of the American measures against it.

Refugees rally in Rafah over U.S. cut of its UNRWA aid

Monday-22-January-2018

Dozens of Palestinian refugees rallied on Sunday in Rafah city south of the blockaded Gaza Strip to protest the U.S. cut of its aid to UNRWA.

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.

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).