United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA)

United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) provides education, healthcare, and humanitarian aid to Palestinian refugees across the Middle East.

Sakshi Gupta Last updated on March 18th, 2025 07:11 pm Leave a comment

Context: Israel’s parliament (Knesset) has passed 2 bills to ban the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) from operating in Israel and the Palestinian territories. The Knesset also voted to designate UNRWA a terrorist organisation, cutting all ties with the agency.

About United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA)

It was established in 1949 by the UN General Assembly to provide aid to about 700,000 Palestinians who were forced to leave their homes during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
It operates in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan. (HQ – Gaza)
It runs education, health, relief, social services, microfinance and emergency assistance programmes inside and outside refugee camps in these areas.
In the absence of a solution to the Palestine refugee problem, the General Assembly has repeatedly renewed UNRWA’s mandate, most recently extending it until 30 June

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