• Ottawa taken to court over resumption of UNRWA funding

    Israel advocates are asking the Federal Court to reverse Ottawa's decision to continue funding the main United Nations agency supporting Palestinians.

  • Unrwa vital to avert starvation in Gaza, says agency official

    Comments by Sam Rose, of the UN body for Palestinian refugees, come amid fears Israel plans to squeeze agency out of GazaMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe UN agency for Palestinian refugees must remain “the backbone of any humanitarian response” for the 2 million people in Gaza if mass starvation is to be avoided, the Unrwa director of planning, Sam Rose, says.Israel is continuing to impede Unrwa convoys to northern Gaza, where 300,000 people are facing famine, he said. “Our space is...

  • Israel's claims of UNRWA's Hamas ties put agency's future in jeopardy

    UNRWA's future is in jeopardy after nations drop funding following the Israeli government's allegations that UNRWA members were involved in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack.