UNRWA has long faced accusations of ties to terrorists, which have intensified over the course of the Israel-Hamas war that began with the massacre on Oct. 7, 2023. Former President Joe Biden ...

In this context, Shadow Foreign Minister David Coleman’s announcement on Tuesday that a future Coalition government will cease Australian funding for UNRWA, the body that solely looks after ...

The move coincides with a visit to Washington by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has long been critical of UNRWA, accusing it of anti-Israel incitement and its staff of being ...

The president also withdrew from the U.N.’s Human Rights Council and stopped funding UNRWA. By Farnaz Fassihi United Nations reporter President Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday calling ...

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order withdrawing the US from the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and prohibiting any future funding for the UN Relief and Works Agency for the Near ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday stopped U.S. engagement with the U.N. Human Rights Council, extended a halt to funding for the Palestinian relief agency UNRWA and ordered a review of the U ...

After Israel last week enacted its ban on UNRWA, the United Nations agency that serves Palestinian refugees, from operating in Israeli-controlled territory, President Donald Trump on Tuesday ...

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Netanyahu has long been critical of UNRWA, accusing it of anti-Israel incitement and its staff of being "involved in terrorist activities against Israel". Trump previously cut off funding for ...

A torn UNRWA logo is seen among destruction in Rafah, in southern Gaza, January 22, 2025 (credit: ABED RAHIM KHATIB/FLASH90) The UNHRC "has protected human rights abusers by allowing them to use ...

President Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order withdrawing the U.S. from the United Nations Human Rights Council and from participating in UNRWA, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees.

The U.S. and Israel previously withdrew from the U.N. panel because of its anti-Israel bias. UNRWA, the U.N. body for delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza, is banned from operating in Israel ...