The U.N. agency known as UNRWA provides food and healthcare to Palestinian refugees and has become a flashpoint in the Israeli war in Gaza. Israel contends that 12 UNRWA employees were involved in ...

Israelis protest against United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) at their offices in Jerusalem, Feb. 5, 2024. (JNS) Israel’s UNRWA ban went into effect on Jan. 30 ...

It has been rough from the start. The softly-spoken Swiss father of four began his tenure in 2020 under Covid lockdown, as UNRWA was reeling after the United States -- traditionally its largest ...

The Biden administration cut funding to UNRWA in 2024 after Israel accused some of the agency’s employees of participating in Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack on Israel that murdered over 1,200.