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Young Palestinians in Lebanon dream of a future abroad

Shatila camp (Lebanon) (AFP) - In Lebanon's impoverished Palestinian refugee camps, young people say they dream of leaving a struggling country where their families took refuge generations ago and where their futures remain bleak.

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UN Palestinian Refugee Agency Urges West Bank Workers to End Strike

The United Nations Palestinian refugee agency on Wednesday called on the West Bank local staff union to end a strike, saying the stoppage was hindering access for hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees to basic services. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East…

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UN Palestinian refugee agency urges West Bank workers to end strike

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UN Palestinian Refugee Chief Warns over Lack of Donors

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees warned on Thursday that it faced growing challenges in running its operations as donors were set to contribute less money this year. Agency chief Philippe Lazzarini told The Associated Press in an interview that he plans to make a new appeal for donors after…

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Egypt Stresses its Support to UNRWA’s Efforts to Revive Peace Process

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry stressed on Tuesday Cairo’s keenness to support all efforts aimed at breaking the current stalemate in the Palestinian-Israeli peace process. “Resuming the peace process would positively impact the work of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)…

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Texas Lawmaker Introduces Bill To Cut Funding For The UNRWA To Support Israel

Congressman Chip Roy (R-TX) introduces a bill cutting off funding for the UNRWA supporting terrorism & promoting antisemitism.

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New U.S. Funding For UNRWA An Obstacle To Peace Following A Terrorist Attack

On his recent trip to Israel, Antony Blinken spoke of the need for security & stability in the region as conflicts escalate.

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Millions of vulnerable refugees in Turkey-Syria quake zone

Geneva (AFP) - The devastating earthquake around the Turkish-Syrian border struck an area that is home to millions of refugees already battling desperate circumstances.

AFP

KSrelief, UNRWA Discuss Ways to Enhance Cooperation

Advisor at the Royal Court and Supervisor General of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) Dr.

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Palestinian workers strike as UN agency squeeze hits salaries

Schools, clinics and some municipal services in the West Bank were closed on Wednesday as workers went on strike for a third day amid an escalating funding squeeze on the United Nations agency that pays their wages.

Reuters

Facing 'tipping point,' UNRWA chief seeks Gulf state support

The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees is calling on rich Gulf countries to chip in more to help educate, house and provide health care to them

The Independent UK

UN agency for Palestinian refugees seeks $1.6bn in funding

UNRWA says facing immense strain, calls for urgent funding to operate in 2023 amid ‘compounding challenges’.

Al Jazeera

UN Palestinian refugee agency seeks $1.6 bn

Geneva (AFP) - The UN agency for Palestinian refugees appealed Tuesday for $1.6 billion for its work in 2023, and called for Arab countries especially to show more solidarity.

AFP

UNRWA Appeals for $1.6 Bln in Funding

The UN agency that delivers basic services to millions of Palestinian refugees appealed on Tuesday for $1.6 billion in funding after its head warned it was struggling to fulfill its mandate due to spiraling costs and shrinking resources. Established in 1949 following the first Arab-Israeli war, UNRWA provides public services…

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U.N. Palestinian refugee agency appeals for $1.6 billion in funding

The U.N. agency that delivers basic services to millions of Palestinian refugees appealed on Tuesday for $1.6 billion in funding after its head warned it was struggling to fulfil its mandate due to spiralling costs and shrinking resources.

AFP

Tunnel found under United Nations school in Gaza

Jerusalem (AFP) - The United Nations said Thursday it discovered a "man-made cavity" under one of its schools in Gaza, the Palestinian territory controlled by Hamas, which boasts a network of tunnels, some of them used in past wars against Israel.

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Saudi-Funded Health Center Opens at Palestinian Refugee Camp in Jordan

Saudi Ambassador to Jordan Naif bin Bandar Al-Sudairy and Commissioner-General of the United Nation Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Philippe Lazzarini co-opened a Saudi Development Fund-financed health center designed to serve some Jordan-based 300,000 Palestinians in the Al-Zarqa refugee camp. In a speech…

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Exclusive-U.N. Palestinian refugee agency warns it is in funding 'danger zone'

The global economic crisis has pushed UNRWA, the U.N. agency that delivers basic services to millions of Palestinian refugees, into a "danger zone" that could result in it no longer being able to fulfil its mandate, the agency's head said on Thursday.

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The Independent UK

Some return to war-battered hub of Palestinian life in Syria

The streets in Yarmouk, Syria’s largest Palestinian refugee camp, are piled with rubble

Al Jazeera

UN agency for Palestinians needs $50-80m to ‘keep running’

UNRWA needs a capital investment of $200m in the next three years to help restore depleted assets.

AFP

Palestinians in crisis-hit Lebanon plunge deeper into poverty: UN

Beirut (AFP) - A United Nations agency warned Wednesday that more Palestinians living in crisis-torn Lebanon have fallen deeper into poverty, spelling a "dramatic humanitarian crisis".

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Arabia Supports UNRWA with $27 Million

Saudi Arabia has announced a contribution of $27 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), during a press conference held in Amman on Sunday. Saudi Ambassador to Jordan Nayef Al-Sudairy handed the Commissioner-General of UNRWA, Philippe Lazzarini, a check for…

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Stay or Go: Palestinians in Lebanon Plunged into Poverty

Nasser Tabarani, a Palestinian refugee living in Lebanon, has tried twice to migrate by sea to a better life in Europe but was detained by troops both times and brought back to shore. He’d do it all over again, he said, since life has become unlivable for most Palestinians in…

The Independent UK

Stay or go: Palestinians in Lebanon plunged into poverty

Nasser Tabarani, a Palestinian refugee living in Lebanon, has tried twice to migrate by sea to a better life in Europe but was detained by troops and brought back to shore

Asharq Al-Awsat

Palestinians Call for Mechanism to Secure UNRWA Funds

The Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) called Wednesday for an international mechanism to secure multi-year financial support to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). This came on the eve of a donors’ conference held by UNRWA at the ministerial level on the sidelines of the UN…

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