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VIDEO RELEASE: Sen. Rick Scott Introduces Bills to Defund UNRWA, Support Israel (Rick Scott)

Public Technologies 16 Apr 2026
- Yesterday, during a hearing in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Rick Scott announced the introduction of his Stop Support for UNRWA Act of 2026 and the IGO Anti Boycott Act of 2026 - two bills to hold the U.N.
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FM, acting UNRWA head discuss future cooperation

Petra 09 Apr 2026
During the meeting held at the Foreign Ministry's headquarters, Safadi emphasized UNRWA's "vital" humanitarian role in Gaza, which continues to face a humanitarian catastrophe due to the destruction caused by the Israeli aggression.
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UNRWA: Services for Palestinian refugees cut by 20% amid funding crisis

Middle East Monitor 06 Apr 2026
Fowler stated that UNRWA has been subjected to targeted smear campaigns aimed at undermining its role and credibility, alongside increasing financial constraints.
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UNRWA: Our services to Palestinian refugees reduced by 20%

PIC 06 Apr 2026
The UN agency’s Director of Communications, Jonathan Fowler, said in press statements that UNRWA is being directly targeted by smear campaigns aimed at undermining its work and damaging its reputation.
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Israel’s attack on UNRWA is central to its genocide of the Palestinians

Al Jazeera 05 Apr 2026
It is time for the United Nations to accept that Israel’s attack on its agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) is an essential part of the Israeli genocide of the ...
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United Nations in wait-and-see mode for UNRWA, after Philippe Lazzarini steps down as head

Cleveland Jewish News 02 Apr 2026
Real peace requires neutral humanitarian agencies, not those serving as an arm of Hamas,” the Israeli envoy to the global body in Geneva, told JNS ... .
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PLO calls on UNRWA to reverse dismissal of Gaza health workers

Middle East Monitor 02 Apr 2026
The Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) has urged the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, to reverse its decision to terminate the contracts ...
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Gaza ceasefire “formal” as suffering persists, UNRWA chief warns

Middle East Monitor 01 Apr 2026
The Commissioner-General of UNRWA, Philippe Lazzarini, stated that the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza continues despite what he described as a “formal” ...
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Gaza's families, former employees doubt UNRWA will get justice

The New Arab 01 Apr 2026
Discussions are underway for a United Nations investigation into the killing of more than 390 UNRWA employees during the two-year Israeli war on Gaza, the deadliest conflict in the agency's history, the organisation's head said Tuesday.
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Message from UNRWA Commissioner-General to the staff (UNRWA - United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East)

Public Technologies 01 Apr 2026
Throughout this period, UNRWA has been subject to relentless disinformation campaigns, vicious political attacks and a grave financial crisis ... Today, UNRWA continues to operate in an exceptionally constrained environment.
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UNRWA head seeks investigation into killing of staff in Gaza war

LBC International 31 Mar 2026
"I believe that we need to have a panel – a high-level panel of experts to look into the killing ⁠of our staff," said Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA Commissioner-General at a press ...
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Outgoing UNRWA chief Lazzarini receives tribute amid survival crisis

Anadolu Agency 31 Mar 2026
As Philippe Lazzarini is concluding his six-year tenure leading the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), a private staff association honored his service on Tuesday during the most turbulent period in the organization's history.
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