UNRWA

UNRWA’s West Bank schools drop to four-day weeks over funding issues, UN agency confirms to ‘Post’

UNRWA let go of 571 staff members in January due to financial constraints, amid a decline in donations and ongoing public criticism from Israel and organizations like UN Watch.

This picture shows an UNRWA school in the Shuafat refugee camp in east Jerusalem on May 6, 2025.
VIEW OF a new water line building to transfer water between Israel and the Gaza Strip, near Kibbutz Nirim, on the Israeli side of the Border with the Gaza Strip, September 4, 2019.

Gaza receiving over 70,000 cubic meters of water per day, COGAT claims

Israel Police forces seen outside the UNRWA center in Jerusalem, as part of a raid on the center, December 8, 2025

State asks High Court to reject challenge to anti-UNRWA laws ahead of Monday hearing

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz makes a statement on the situation in the Middle East, at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, March 1, 2026

Germany's Merz declares commitment to Israel after pro-Palestinian heckles him at political rally


'Outrageous and illegal' : UNRWA slams Israel for cutting off its water, comms and electric in Gaza

Israel enacted a law disconnecting UNRWA facilities from utilities and services, while the UN agency warned the move violates international obligations.

 A Palestinian man waits outside of the UNRWA headquarters building in Gaza City on April 6, 2013.

Israel spotlights UN bias ahead of 2026 vote, but change rests with donors - analysis

There is a sprawling, well-funded, bureaucratic international ecosystem that has spent years normalizing a singular narrative about the Jewish state. It’s called the United Nations.

The United Nations flag over the Jerusalem offices of the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestinian refugees.

Germany sees reality: Why a Palestinian state is no longer realistic - opinion

After the October 7 massacre, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz now rejects the idea of a two-state solution.

 German Chancellor Friedrich Merz speaks during an industrial sector association BDI event in Berlin, Germany, June 23, 2025.

Dr. Einat Wilf: 'We lied to ourselves about the Palestinians'

Wilf says her focus is to confront the “right of return” and UNRWA’s role in perpetuating conflict, arguing that state services should prioritize those who serve the state.

 Einat Wilf.

UN General Assembly adopts resolution demanding Israel cooperate with UNRWA

A vote of 139 member nations passed the resolution. Only 12 countries voted against the resolution, and 19 others abstained.

Members of the United Nations Security Council vote on a resolution by Russia and China to delay by six months the reimposition of sanctions on Iran during the 80th UN General Assembly in New York City, US, September 26, 2025

Israel Police raid UNRWA headquarters in Jerusalem, raise Israeli flag over compound

The raid was carried out because of several years of unpaid property taxes and to collect intelligence on who was operating the compound.

Israel Police forces seen outside the UNRWA center in Jerusalem, as part of a raid on the center, December 8, 2025

UNGA votes to extend UNRWA's mandate by three years

UNRWA's Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said he "saluted the overwhelming vote," which "reflects the broad solidarity of people across the world with Palestine Refugees."

UNRWA's mandate renewed by three years in UNGA vote, December 5, 2025.

Why deradicalizing Gaza’s youth will be the hardest battle - opinion

“All Jews are sh**...” “I want to be ‘shaheed’ [martyr] next week,” and “Hitler is the best,” reads an exercise book found by the IDF in Gaza during the war.

UNRWA COMMISSIONER-GENERAL Philippe Lazzarini speaks in Cairo in September. He had claimed that UNRWA didn’t know what was ‘under its headquarters,’ and fired a handful of terrorists, but it wasn’t just a few bad apples, says the writer.

Mamdani's support for UNRWA signals trouble for New York City - opinion

With UNRWA's close ties to Hamas and their ineffectiveness at helping the Palestinian people, Mayor-elect Mamdani's support for the organization bodes ill for the city that elected him.

This morning I ran the NYC Gaza 5K in Prospect Park for the third time to raise money for UNRWA,’ Zohran Mamdani wrote on social media last month, accompanied by a photo.

'Part of problem': Sa'ar lauds few countries that voted at UN to end UNWRA

The United States, Argentina, Hungary, Paraguay, North Macedonia, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Palau, and Tonga voted against the resolution.

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar speaking in Jerusalem, September 15, 2025.