The state-run Qatari Committee to Rebuild Gaza announced on Twitter today that Qatar will be sending $150 million in aid to the besieged Gaza Strip to support United Nations humanitarian programs and efforts to help [ More … ]
The United Nations General Assembly on Friday overwhelmingly renewed the mandate for a UN agency supporting Palestinian refugees for another three years amid misconduct allegations and a cash shortfall triggered by a halt in US [ More … ]
US State Department pledges $45m in emergency funds for West Bank and Gaza food supplies, but later reneges The United States will not provide $45m in food aid for Palestinians that it pledged last month [ More … ]
The office of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) released a statement Wednesday confirming the sentencing of one of its employees by an Israeli court for “providing services to an illegal entity.” The accusations against [ More … ]
The Palestinian Ministry of Education said in a statement on Saturday that Israeli authorities have been impeding entry of 300,000 textbooks from the occupied West Bank into the blockaded Gaza Strip, jeopardizing the new school [ More … ]
The UN relief agency UNRWA called Tuesday on Israeli authorities to conduct a full investigation into last week’s death of a Palestinian youth during clashes near the West Bank city of Hebron, Anadolu Agency reported. [ More … ]
The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees announced Tuesday that it has paid financial compensation to 189 families in the Gaza Strip this week, according to Anadolu Agency. “The amount of compensation is $2.2 million distributed [ More … ]
Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki has voiced support for the notion of legally challenging the 1917 Balfour Declaration, which paved the way for the creation of Israel in 1948, according to Anadolu Agency. Al-Maliki apologized [ More … ]
In a recent renewed appeal for funding, the UNRWA added that its need for funds for its humanitarian aid services has become more critical than ever. According to the UN agency. The majority of the [ More … ]
“UNRWA”, in a statement said that General of the United Nations Ban Ki – moon will visit a United Nations building, in addition to the health project, was held in Gaza Strip on Monday”. Outgoing [ More … ]
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