Middle East crisis live: Germany to resume working with Unrwa after UN report finds Israel yet to supply evidence to back terror claims


by The Guardian

The Guardian— Government to resume cooperation with UN agency for Palestinians in Gaza after report finds Israel had yet to back up accusations on employees having terror ties

TheJournal.ie—Review finds Israel has not provided evidence of widespread terrorism links among UN agency. The independent report found ‘Israel has yet to provide supporting evidence’ for a recent claim that UNRWA employs over 400 ‘terrorists’.

The Guardian—Israel has yet to provide evidence of Unrwa staff terrorist links, Colonna report says. Exclusive: review finds government yet to substantiate claims UN relief agency staff have ties to Hamas or Islamic JihadIsrael still has no proof of Unrwa terrorist claims – but damage to aid agency is doneIsrael has yet to provide supporting evidence of its claims that employees of the UN relief agency Unrwa are members of terrorist organisations, an independent review led by the former French foreign minister Catherine Colonna has said.The Colonna report, which was commissioned by the UN in...

The Guardian—Middle East crisis live: Rebuilding Gaza will cost $30bn to $40bn, UN says as scale of destruction is ‘huge and unprecedented’ – as it happened. UN agency says reconstruction will require effort on a scale unseen since second world warThe EU has offered Lebanon a financial package of €1bn (£855m / $1.07bn), European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said in Beirut on Thursday.The funds would be available from this year until 2027, von der Leyen told a joint news conference with Lebanon’s prime minister Najib Mikati and Cypriot president Nikos Christodoulides.This continued EU support will strengthen basic services such as...