Jerusalem, Palestinian refugees and Israel

UN agency for Palestinians readies to shutter operations in East Jerusalem after Israeli ban
Tens of thousands of Palestinian refugees in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem were set to lose education, healthcare and other services provided by U.N. agency UNRWA as an Israeli ban on the organisation takes effect on Thursday.
UN Palestinian refugee agency HQ in east Jerusalem deserted as Israeli ban takes effect
The headquarters of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA, was deserted on Wednesday as staff left before a pair of Israeli laws came into effect Thursday banning the orga
Israel Says UN Palestinian Agency Must Leave Jerusalem By Jan. 30
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees must end operations and leave all its premises in Jerusalem by January 30, Israel's UN ambassador said Friday, affirming timelines set out in controversial Israeli legislation.
Israel Bans UN Agency After Years of Tensions Over Gaza
Two weeks after a temporary truce in Gaza allowed more aid in, an Israeli ban risks disrupting the work of one of the main United Nations agencies supporting Palestinians there. Israel’s High Court of Justice on Wednesday blocked a last-minute attempt to keep the UN Relief and Works Agency,
Israel's ban on UN's Palestinian aid agency has come into effect. Here's what that looks like
Israel has formally banned the main United Nations aid agency for Palestinian refugees from operating on its territory despite heavy diplomatic backlash
Israel’s ban on U.N. aid agency for Palestinians comes into effect at critical point for Gaza
Israel’s ban on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees' operations in Gaza and other Palestinian territories takes effect Thursday.
The UN’s agency for Palestinians is now banned in Gaza. What now?
Israel’s ban on the UN’s refugee agency for Palestinians, UNRWA, has come into force. Soraya Lennie explains why it matters.
Israel cuts ties with UN aid agency supporting Palestinians
Israel will cut ties with the UN agency for Palestinian refugees on Thursday following accusations it provided cover for Hamas militants, a move likely to hamper delivery of its vital
Israel tells UN it's shutting down all UNRWA operations in Jerusalem: 'acute security risks'
Israel demands UNRWA halt operations in Jerusalem by January 30, citing Hamas ties and security risks. The move follows ...
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UN human rights office says Israeli law restricting UNRWA should be repealed
Without UNRWA, food delivery, healthcare, education and other services would be drastically undermined in occupied ...
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UN agency required to cease operations in Jerusalem by Jan. 30: Israel tells UN
Israel’s Knesset (parliament) voted in October to ban UNRWA’s operations in areas under Israeli occupation, alleging that the ...
Fear hits east Jerusalem as Israel moves to close UN Palestinian refugee agency
On Thursday, laws passed by Israel in October come into effect banning the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency, known as UNRWA, ...
UN agency UNRWA says Israel orders it to stop East Jerusalem operations this week
The United Nation's Palestinian refugee agency said on Sunday it had been ordered by Israel to vacate premises and cease all ...
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 ...
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UN chief urges Israel to reverse suspension of UNRWA operations in Jerusalem
WASHINGTON, Jan 29: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on the Israeli government to reverse its decision to ...
‘We rely on God, then on UNRWA’: Palestinians fear drastic effects as Israeli ban on UN agency comes into force
Iman Helles, a displaced mother sheltering in a facility run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in Gaza, fears that ...
UK, France and Germany reiterate concern over Israel blocking contact with UNRWA
Britain, France and Germany on Friday reiterated their "grave concern" over Israel implementing a law forbidding any contact ...