On Thursday, laws passed by Israel in October come into effect banning the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency, known as UNRWA, from Israeli territory and prohibiting Israeli officials from any contact with the agency.

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For the duration of Israel’s 15-month war on Gaza, which has uprooted most of its population and reduced most of the enclave to rubble, UNRWA was a critical lifeline of support

President Donald Trump’s push to have Egypt and Jordan take in large numbers of Palestinian refugees from besieged Gaza has fallen flat with both countries' governments and perplexed a congressional ally.

The seamstresses in this workshop are second and third-generation Palestinian refugees. Most of them were born in the surrounding refugee camp, called Shatila, near a sports stadium in a southern neighborhood of Beirut. Hanan Zarura designs a tatreez ...

Israel on Thursday formally banned the main United Nations aid agency for Palestinian refugees from operating on its territory despite heavy diplomatic backlash, a move that humanitarian officials warn could have a disastrous impact on aid delivery and jeopardize regional stability in the long term.

DORAL, Fla. — President Donald Trump’s push to have Egypt and Jordan take in large numbers of Palestinian refugees from besieged Gaza fell flat with those countries’ governments and left a ...

The United Nations flag flutters atop the United Nations Relief and Works Agency-UNRWA's West Bank Field Office in Jerusalem on Wednesday (AFP photo) OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israel cut ties with the UN agency for Palestinian refugees on Thursday after ...

Abdel Fattah el Sissi denied Donald Trump's request for the resettlement of Palestinian refugees in his country, calling the plan an "act of injustice."

Israel has formally banned the main United Nations aid agency for Palestinian refugees from operating on its territory despite heavy diplomatic backlash.