Author: Steven Sahiounie

The Palestinian Presidency expressed today its strong rejection of the oppressive campaign led by the Israeli government against the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA). “The campaign aims to liquidate the issue of Palestinian refugees, contradicting UN Resolution 302, based on which the UNRWA was established on December 18, 1949, and other UN resolutions related to the refugee issue,” said the Presidency in a statement. The Presidency called on countries that took a stance against UNRWA before the completion of investigations into the Israeli allegations to reconsider their positions. “Such positions, if maintained, would disproportionately punish…

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UN chief Antonio Guterres pleaded on Saturday for donor states to “guarantee the continuity” of the body’s Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) after several halted funding over accusations of staff involvement in Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel.“While I understand their concerns — I was myself horrified by these accusations — I strongly appeal to the governments that have suspended their contributions to, at least, guarantee the continuity of UNRWA’s operations,” Guterres said in a statement, referring to the agency’s acronym.Israel has alleged several UNRWA staff were involved in Hamas’s attack, leading some key donor countries to suspend their funding.UNRWA fired…

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