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


FM Sa'ar announces Israel withdraws from UNHRC

This move comes a day after US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to withdraw the US from the UNHRC on Tuesday.

MK Gideon Sa'ar attends a civil investigative committee hearing on the October 7 massacre, in Tel Aviv, August 18, 2024

Trump signs executive order withdrawing US from UN Human Rights Council and UNRWA

Further, Trump stated that US funding to the UN as a whole is disproportionate.

An illustrative image of US President Donald Trump.

The PA admits: UNRWA is a political organization - opinion

Democratic countries, together with humanitarian organizations, must confront UNRWA with the PA’s own words and end the charade of a “humanitarian” UNRWA, and stop the violation of human rights. 

Phillipe Lazzarini.

UNRWA carries on aid work despite Israeli ban

Juliette Touma, director of communications of UNRWA, claimed any disruptions to its work in Gaza would put a ceasefire deal at risk.

 UNRWA sack containing explosives, August 22, 2024.

European ministers slam Israel’s restrictions on UNRWA

The ministers urged the Israeli government to work with international partners, including the UN, to abide by these commitments.  

 A damaged sign is pictured at the headquarters of UNRWA following an Israeli raid in Gaza City, on July 12, 2024.

United Hatzalah requests UN's Guterres's support in taking over UNRWA compound

Beer stressed that United Hatzalah caters to all communities in Israel and the West Bank, and would foster peace in the region.

 A United Hatzalah volunteer approaches an emergency response vehicle.

Israel cut all ties with UNRWA: ‘This was just the beginning’ - MK Dan Illouz

"No other refugee population had an agency like UNRWA,” Illouz said.

 A damaged sign is pictured at the headquarters of UNRWA following an Israeli raid in Gaza City, on July 12, 2024.

Jerusalem set to replace UNRWA services as critics warn of gaps

Civil society organizations warned that the ministry’s preparation were insufficient and would leave civilians in limbo.

 UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini attends a briefing on the humanitarian situation in the Palestinian Territory at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, June 25, 2024.

UNRWA Lebanon says not impacted by US aid freeze or new Israeli law

Klaus also said there was "no direct impact" on the agency's Lebanon operations from a new Israeli law banning UNRWA operations in East Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

 Palestinians at the site of an Israeli airstrike in an UNRWA school, in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, on June 6, 2024

UNRWA has failed in its mandate, will cease operations in Israel by Thursday, Danon tells 'Post'

The org's chief tells the UN it has been the target of a "fierce disinformation campaign" to "portray the agency as a terrorist organization."

 A torn UNRWA logo is seen among destruction in Rafah, in southern Gaza, January 22, 2025