UN agency helping Palestinians in Gaza seeks support against Israel's demands for its dissolution

KIFI— By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The head of the U.N. agency that has helped millions of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank for decades is urging the U.N. Security Council to ensure its survival as Israel again demands its dissolution. Philippe Lazzarini told the council Wednesday that dismantling the

The Jerusalem Post—UN Palestinian agency chief seeks probe into treatment of Gaza staff by Israel. The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) called on Tuesday for countries to back an independent investigation into alleged killings and detentions of its staff and damage to its premises once the Israel-Hamas conflict ends.UNRWA has accused Israel of targeting its facilities during more than seven months of conflict in the Gaza Strip, and said 182 of its staff there had been killed and more than 160 of its shelters hit, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of people fleeing...

Shafaqna English—USA Students demand to end investments supporting Israel’s war in Gaza. Shafaqna English- Students at a growing number of U.S. colleges are gathering in pro-Palestinian encampments with a unified demand to end investments supporting Israel’s war in Gaza. “We want to be visible,” said Columbia protest leader Mahmoud Khalil, who noted that students at the university have been pushing for divestment from

Reading Eagle—Review of UN agency helping Palestinian refugees found Israel did not express concern about staff. An independent review of the neutrality of the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees found Israel never expressed concern about anyone on the staff lists it has received annually since 2011.