8 Questions Facing the United Nations at UNGA 81
The United Nations was formed “to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.” Yet more armed conflicts rage worldwide today than at any point since the world body’s formation at the end...
World Food Programme
Disarming Hamas Is Easier Said Than Done
In fits and starts, President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan for Gaza is progressing. After months of inertia over Hamas’s refusal to disarm, the White House announced a breakthrough on July...
Op-eds
10 Cases of UN Abuse, Waste, and Subversion of U.S. Interests
The United Nations is hurtling toward self-inflicted insolvency, and it has itself to blame. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres needs to secure $8.68 billion to keep the lights on for regular operations...
Insights
Can US Engagement Rescue the United Nations From Irrelevance?
The next UN leader will take office at a time when the international body is experiencing an unprecedented crisis of purpose.
Op-eds
Houthi Actions Force World Food Programme to Close Operations in Northern Yemen
In a dramatic move, the World Food Programme (WFP) is shuttering its operations in northern Yemen, which is currently controlled by the Iran-backed Houthis, UN officials confirmed on January 29. The...
Policy Briefs
The Houthis Bite the Hand That Feeds Yemen’s People
The terror group has effectively declared war on the United Nations in Yemen. It’s up to donor countries to force the UN to see that reality.
Op-eds
UNRWA in Gaza Has Been Replaced; It’s Time to Shutter the Agency
The UN Relief and Works Agency — or UNRWA — in Gaza has been replaced by over a dozen other aid organizations. UNRWA’s decades-long monopoly on aid and services has finally been broken, presenting...
Op-eds
Food Prices Stable in Gaza According to UN’s World Food Program
If famine strikes, one expects the scarcity of food to drive prices substantially higher. Yet little changed in Gaza markets during September after prices fell sharply in August according to the World...
Policy Briefs
‘Scientific Malpractice’: Israel Publishes 58-Page Report Dissecting Claims of Famine in Gaza
“An outright lie” and “a modern blood libel” is how Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the formal declaration of famine in Gaza by international hunger monitors in August. Netanyahu...
Policy Briefs
‘Savage Terrorists Don’t Normally Agree to Things’: Rubio Reaffirms Objectives of Freeing All Hostages and Dismantling Hamas
‘Hamas Needs To Cease To Exist’: Secretary of State Marco Rubio reaffirmed on September 15 during a two-day visit to Israel that Washington and Jerusalem were united in seeking...
Flash Briefs
The UN Is Leaving Its People Vulnerable To Kidnapping in Yemen
The United Nations refuses to stand up to Houthi bullying in Yemen, and its staff are paying the price. The Houthis, a rebel group closely tied to Iran, launched raids on UN offices in the Yemeni cities...
Policy Briefs
Houthis Abduct UN Workers After Israeli Airstrike Kills Senior Ministers
Houthis Take More UN Workers Hostage: Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen took at least 11 UN workers from the World Food Program and UNICEF hostage after the terrorist group’s...
Flash Briefs
Israel builds new aid centers in Gaza while troops target Hamas
On August 28, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that two new humanitarian aid centers are being constructed in Gaza. The method of building these large open-air sites is similar to that used...
Op-eds
Israel Announces Humanitarian Pauses and Safe Aid Corridors to Support UN Aid Delivery in Gaza
Latest Developments Tactical Pauses, Secure Aid Routes, More Water: The IDF announced on July 27 that it would begin implementing daily pauses of military activity in three Gaza population centers...
Flash Briefs
Paramilitary Group Massacres Hundreds in Overlooked Humanitarian Crisis in Sudan
Women and Children Killed in Sudan Massacre: At least 300 civilians were massacred by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary organization in western Sudan, including children...
Flash Briefs
‘We Reject Any Notion of Equivalence’: Rubio Condemns Sanctions on Controversial Israeli Ministers by U.S. Allies
Two Right-Wing Ministers Sanctioned: Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a statement strongly condemning five U.S. allies for jointly sanctioning two right-wing Israeli cabinet...
Flash Briefs
Deaths Reported as Chaos Engulfs WFP Warehouse in Gaza
2 Palestinians Killed at WFP Warehouse: Two people were reportedly killed and several others injured when thousands of Gazans stormed one of the United Nations World Food Programme...
Flash Briefs
Houthi kidnappings increase amidst US airstrikes
The Houthis, the Iran-backed terrorist group ruling northern Yemen, have kidnapped more than 75 people since the US began its large-scale operation against the group, according to SAM, a Geneva-based human rights organization focused on the Middle East.
Op-eds
Timid UN Response to Death of Aid Worker Held Captive by Houthis
The United Nations pronounced itself “grief-stricken and outraged” about the death on February 10 of a veteran aid worker taken hostage in Yemen, yet its statements barely criticized the Houthi rebels...
Policy Briefs
‘Crisis of Confidence’: Sweden Eliminates UNRWA Funding Despite Nearly Doubling Gaza Aid for 2025
UNRWA Cut Out of Receiving Aid: Sweden announced on December 20 that it would stop funding the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) — the UN agency solely dedicated...