Philippe Lazzarini

February 4, 2025 | |

‘Miracle That She Survived’: British Israeli Hostage Tells UK Prime Minister She Was Held at UNRWA Facilities

Refused Medical Care for Gunshot Wounds: Emily Damari, the 28-year-old British-Israeli hostage who was recently released after 15 months of captivity by Hamas, told British Prime...

November 4, 2024 | |

‘The UN Did Nothing’: Israel Formally Severs Ties with UNRWA Over Hamas ‘Infiltration’

Israel Nullifies UNRWA Agreement: The Israeli government notified the United Nations on November 3 that it is withdrawing from the 1967 agreement that formalized Israel’s relationship with the UN Relief...

September 30, 2024 | |

Hamas Leader in Lebanon Eliminated in Israeli Air Strike Was UNRWA Employee

The leader of Hamas in Lebanon, who doubled up as a prominent educator employed by UNRWA — the UN agency solely dedicated to the descendants of Palestinian refugees — was killed...

August 6, 2024 | |

Nine UNRWA Staff Dismissed for Possible Ties to October 7 Atrocities

Latest Developments United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini announced the dismissal of nine of the agency’s employees for their potential involvement...

July 12, 2024 | |

IDF Discovers Command Room and Weapons in UNRWA Gaza Headquarters

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) revealed on July 12 that Israeli commandos discovered a Hamas command room and weapons at the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works...

July 2, 2024 | |

American October 7 Victims File U.S. Lawsuit Against Iran, Syria and North Korea

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a U.S.-based Jewish civil rights organization, submitted a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Washington, DC, on July 1 targeting the regimes in Iran, Syria, and North Korea for enabling Hamas’s terrorist atrocities in Israel on October 7...

June 25, 2024 | |

Israeli Victims of Hamas October 7 Atrocities File Lawsuit in New York Against UNRWA

A group of more than 100 Israeli plaintiffs, composed of victims of the October 7 Hamas atrocities along with family members, filed a lawsuit in New York on June 24 demanding over...

June 8, 2024 | Bonnie Glick |

UN Secretary General Abuses His Authority

Along with ISIS, al-Qaeda and Boko Haram, Israel will be put on a UN blacklist

May 18, 2024 | |

As Israel Presses Rafah Operation, Civilians Evacuate En Masse

Nearly half of Rafah’s civilian population has been evacuated, less than two weeks into the Israeli military’s operation in the strategic south Gaza city, a senior United...

May 17, 2024 | Ben Cohen |

UNRWA meets the Spanish Inquisition

They may be separated by seven centuries, but a commonality is clearly apparent when it comes to the Jewish people.

May 6, 2024 | |

Israel Strikes Hamas Command Center Under UNRWA Complex

Israeli planes on May 5 destroyed a Hamas command center located in a complex run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in central Gaza. According to a statement...

March 29, 2024 | |

Some UNRWA Funding Resumes, Despite U.S. Ban

France announced on March 28 that it has budgeted 30 million euros ($32.4 million) for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). The United States and 15 other countries,...

March 5, 2024 | |

More Than 450 UNRWA Staff Are Terrorists, Israel Says

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) employs more than 450 “military operatives” from Hamas and Islamic Jihad, Israel announced on March 4. In a briefing, Israel...

February 1, 2024 | |

Israel: Find UNRWA Successor Now

Israel urged world powers on February 1 to find alternatives to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) after the Hamas-tainted organization threatened to cease Gaza operations...

January 29, 2024 | |

U.S. Funding to UNRWA Still Flowing

The United States will continue to fund the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) despite announcing a temporary pause in funding, according to a January 27 report. In light...

January 26, 2024 | |

U.S. Pauses Funding to UNRWA

The State Department announced on January 26 that it will temporarily pause funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). The aid may resume pending the results...

March 31, 2022 | David May |

Biden Administration Failing to Reform U.N.’s Palestinian Refugee Agency

No signs yet of the promised “neutrality, accountability, and transparency” from UNRWA.

June 29, 2021 | Richard Goldberg |

Biden Needs an International Organizations Strategy

A U.S. State Department czar should lead a campaign to stop China and Russia from gaining control of multilateral agencies.