UNHCR

UN seeks $308 million for Lebanon as war displaces 800,000 people

"Solidarity in words must be matched by solidarity in action," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said as he announced the campaign from Beirut.

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A woman walks near tents set up by displaced people, following an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Beirut, Lebanon, March 13, 2026.
CHILDREN, PART of a group of detainees, look through a fence at al-Hol camp after the Syrian government took control of it following the withdrawal of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in Hasaka, Syria, January 21, 2026.

Syrian detention camp for suspected ISIS relatives nearly empty, former director says

Al-Hol, near the Iraqi border, was one of the main detention camps for relatives of suspected Islamic State fighters who were detained during the US-backed campaign against the jihadist group.

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Keith and Aviva Siegel speak at The Jerusalem Post's Annual Conference in New York, US, May 19, 2025

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.

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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

Abu Dakha crossed the Rafah border point into Egypt in April 2024, paying $5,000.

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UNHRC approves 4 anti-Israel resolutions, calls for limited arms embargo

The council was an "echo chamber of fantasy and hatred against Israel," Ambassador Meirav Eilon-Shahar said.

APRIL 3, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Overview of the session of the Human Rights Council during the speech of U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, February 27, 2020.

Israel snubs 'shameful' UN inquiry into alleged war crimes

Ambassador Meirav Eilon Shahar says the commission 'will only contribute polarization between Israelis and Palestinians, and Israel won't cooperate with the UN inquiry into alleged Israeli war crimes

FEBRUARY 17, 2022ByLAHAV HARKOV
Israeli Ambassador to UN Institutions in Geneva Meirav Eilon Shahar

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.

FEBRUARY 17, 2022ByLAHAV HARKOV
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.

JANUARY 31, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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

DECEMBER 24, 2021ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
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

OCTOBER 31, 2021ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
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

OCTOBER 14, 2021ByLAHAV HARKOV, REUTERS
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.

AUGUST 24, 2021ByTOVAH LAZAROFF, REUTERS
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.

JULY 10, 2021ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
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.

JUNE 19, 2021ByANDREW LÖVY
PALESTINIANS RECEIVE food aid at a United Nations distribution center in the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, on Monday.