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Former hostages Aviva and Keith Siegel visit Kenyan refugee camp

Partnering with IsraAID, former hostages Aviva and Keith Siegel toured the camp's facilities as part of their recent entry into humanitarian work.

 Keith and Aviva Siegel  speak at The Jerusalem Post's Annual Conference in New York, US, May 19, 2025
Muhammad Abu Dakha, a 31-year-old Palestinian from Gaza, poses for a selfie before sailing with two other Palestinian migrants to Lampedusa, Italy, on a jet ski to seek asylum, near Khums, Libya, August 17, 2025.

From Gaza to Europe, via jet ski: Muhammad Abu Dakha's daring escape story

 Illustrative image of a United Nations flag.

UNHCR faces funding shortfall, plans major budget cuts and office closures

 Syrians, who were living in Lebanon and returned to Syria due to hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah terrorists, wait outside Ministry of Interior Immigration and Passports Department, at the Syrian-Lebanese border, in Jdaydet Yabous, Syria, October 7, 2024; illustrative.

Syrian returns from Lebanon to start under UN-backed plan, marking major shift


Israel snubs 'shameful' UN inquiry on alleged war crimes

"There is simply no reason to believe that Israel will receive reasonable, equitable and non-discriminatory treatment from the Council," said Eilon Shahar.

The United Nations.

Neil Gaiman to auction off NFT of film-adaptation of poem for Afghan aid

All proceeds of the auction will be donated to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to help the many Afghans who were displaced following the Taliban takeover.

 Neil Gaiman.

125 countries back open-ended UNHRC war crimes probe against Israel

US representative: Investigation perpetuates a practice of unfairly singling out Israel in the UN

Lt.-Col. Dori Saar during Operation Guardian of the Walls.

Erdan tears up UNHRC report at UN General Assembly - watch

'It's always open season on Israel at the [UN] Human Rights Council," Erdan told the UN General Assembly in New York

 Ambassador Gilad Erdan tears up a UNHRC report at the UNGA.

US elected back to UN Human Rights Council after Trump era

Top Republican on Senate Foreign Relations Committee pans ‘lending legitimacy’ to body that ‘persecutes’ Israel

 Deputy Minister, Alvin Botes delivers a National Statement at the Annual High Level Panel on Human Rights Mainstreaming under the theme “Thirty years of implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child: challenges and opportunities”, at the UNHRC, Geneva.

UN human rights boss says she has credible reports of Taliban executions

The UN human rights chief said on Tuesday that she had received credible reports of serious violations by the Taliban in Afghanistan.

 Members of Taliban forces keep watch at a check point in Kabul, Afghanistan August 17, 2021.

UNHRC investigator: Back ICC by halting Israeli settlements war crimes

Michael Lynk tells council there should be an arms embargo against the Jewish state.

Michael Lynk, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Palestinian territories, attends a session of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, March 18, 2019

How the Palestinian refugee issue can be resolved - opinion

To resolve the Palestinian refugee issue, the UNRWA should be dissolved and Arab regimes should grant citizenship to Palestinian refugees.

PALESTINIANS RECEIVE food aid at a United Nations distribution center in the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, on Monday.

Why is the future of Myanmar hanging in the balance? - opinion

Since the occupation of the civilian administration of Myanmar by the armed forces in February 2020 in the form of coup d’état, the country is being run by a military regime.

PROTESTERS HOLD torches during a demonstration in Mandalay, Myanmar.

UN: Number of people forced to flee homes has risen amid COVID-19 pandemic

"In the year of COVID, in a year in which movement was practically impossible for most of us... 3 million more people have been forcibly displaced," UN High Commissioner for Refugees said.

A general view of a Rohingya refugee camp after a fire burned down all the shelters in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, March 23, 2021.