by Shireen Akram-Boshar | May 20, 2026 | Donald Trump, East Jerusalem, Israel, News, Palestine, United Nations, UNRWA
Israel has approved the construction of a new military complex at a site that formerly hosted the UNRWA headquarters in occupied East Jerusalem — a site it demolished in January. The Israeli military complex will be built at the United Nations Relief and Work Agency (UNRWA) compound in Sheikh Jarrah, occupied East Jerusalem, which previously provided humanitarian services like health care…
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by Sharon Zhang | Jan 20, 2026 | East Jerusalem, Genocide, Israel, News, Palestine, United Nations, UNRWA
On Tuesday, Israeli forces stormed the headquarters of the UN agency dedicated to providing humanitarian assistance for Palestinians, demolishing buildings in an attack that the agency condemned as “unprecedented.” Armed with bulldozers and tear gas, the Israeli military forcefully entered the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) office in Sheikh Jarrah, in East Jerusalem.
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by Amy Goodman | Oct 24, 2025 | Gaza, Genocide, ICJ, International Court of Justice, Interview, Israel, Palestine, UN, UNRWA
The International Court of Justice ruled Wednesday that Israel, as an occupying power, must allow United Nations humanitarian aid into Gaza and may not use starvation as a method of warfare. In its advisory opinion, the World Court also found that Israel had failed to provide evidence for its claims that UNRWA, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, lacks neutrality or that a significant number…
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