US aid

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.

Abu Zuhri: UNRWA funding freeze aimed at Palestinian right of return

Monday-8-January-2018

Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri has warned that the US decision to freeze funding for UNRWA is aimed at eliminating the Palestinian refugees’ right of return.

US freezes $125 million grant to UNRWA

Saturday-6-January-2018

The United States has frozen $125 million of its funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA).

White House to discuss cutting aid to Palestinians

Friday-5-January-2018

Following US president Donald Trump's tweets earlier this week in which he threatened to cut financial aid to the Palestinians the White House is now considering cutting that aid and will hold a discussion on the matter on Friday.