For over 70 years, the U.N. agency has provided relief to Palestinian refugees in Gaza. Now, it's under scrutiny after 12 employees are alleged to have taken part in Hamas' attacks in Israel.

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.

UNRWA ‘knowingly’ let Hamas infiltrate and ‘indoctrinate’ children to ‘pursue a path of terrorism’: UN Watch report By . JNS Staff. Published Jan. 8, 2025, 5:41 p.m. ET.

The Israeli government has ordered the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) to cease its operations in the country, effective today, Jan. 30, 2025. This decision follows years of ...

“UNRWA is no longer a humanitarian agency — it has become a full-fledged partner to terrorist organizations like Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad,” said Hillel Neuer, executive director of… ...

UNRWA might be the worst, but that doesn’t say much. John Bolton once said that if the highest ten floors of the U.N. headquarters were to disappear it “wouldn’t make a bit of difference ...

UNRWA, formally the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, was established in 1949 by the U.N. General Assembly after the war surrounding the founding of ...

UNRWA is now on track to lose $65 million by the end of February, as donor funding cuts kick in. Because the U.N. agency has no significant reserves, it will not be able to pay its 13,000 workers ...

Some countries have paused funding to a UN agency that looks after Palestinian refugees after Israel provided evidence that it said showed Palestinian employees took part in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack.

UNRWA was established in 1949 by a U.N. General Assembly resolution, following the war surrounding the founding of Israel, when 700,000 Palestinians fled or were driven from their homes.

UNRWA’s “unique status” is counterproductive. In contrast to UNHCR, which promotes repatriation, resettlement or assimilation in new communities, UNRWA keeps Palestinians in limbo.

A relatively small country, Norway is one of the top donors to UNRWA, last year committing $45 million — an amount still far less than that from the United States. Norway has made the peace ...