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JORDAN’S FOREIGN MINISTER Ayman Safadi (right) meets with UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini, in Amman, last week. In 1949, when Israel supported the establishment of UNRWA, it was supposed to fulfill its goal and disband.

Now is a unique opportunity for UNRWA to change, Israel should take it

Taliban members on the second anniversary of the fall of Kabul, near the US embassy in the Afghan capital, Aug. 15, 2023

Taliban's treatment of women under scrutiny at UN rights meeting

Foreign Minister of the Palestinian National Authority Riyad Al-Maliki attends a UN side event during an event commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, December 12, 2023.

Israel must be kicked out of international bodies, PA tells UNHRC

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

PALESTINIAN WOMEN take part in a protest against the suspension of UNRWA funding by some Western states, in front of UNRWA’s building in Beirut, last week. The dislocation of Arabs from Palestine could have been quickly solved by the UNHCR, the writer argues.

UNRWA’s time is up – let’s shut it down - opinion

By STEPHEN M. FLATOW

Palestinian employees of United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) take part in a protest against job cuts by UNRWA, in Gaza City September 19, 2018.

UNRWA complicit in indoctrinating Gazans with antisemitism

By ZINA RAKHAMILOVA

Civilians who fled the war-torn Sudan following the outbreak of fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) arrive at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) transit centre in Renk, South Sudan, May 1, 2023.

More than $2.2 billion promised for global refugee crisis at UN forum

By REUTERS

Filippo Grandi, High Commissioner for Refugees attends People on the Move Side Event during Geneva Conference on Afghanistan. (27/11/2018)

UN refugee chief: Gaza refugee crisis must be prevented

By REUTERS

The results of a vote to adopt a draft resolution are shown on a display during an emergency special session of the UN General Assembly on the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, at UN headquarters in New York City, US, October 27, 2023

'Genocide' panel is another UN failure - editorial

By JPOST EDITORIAL

A boy plays with a tyre on an a street in an Afghan refugee camp in Islamabad, Pakistan October 31, 2017.

Pakistan's decision to expel illegal Afghan refugees draws backlash

By ARSHAD MEHMOOD/THE MEDIA LINE

Illustrative image of a United Nations flag.

United Nations reopens European office after security issue

By REUTERS

THE UN Human Rights Council meets in Geneva, February 2020.

UN called on to fire envoy for questioning Israel's right to defense

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF