UNRWA

Three years after October 7

"I would hope that remembering the victims of October 7 helps all of us carry greater responsibility for the future."

Yuval Ben Yaakov was killed on October 7, 2023. He was 21.
FILE PHOTO: Ed Sheeran performs during the iHeartRadio Jingle Ball concert at Madison Square Garden, in New York City, US, December 12, 2025.

What does the pro-Palestinian movement really reward: Aid or ideological conformity? - opinion

Demonstrators lift flags of Palestine and placards during a march calling for an end to war in the Gaza Strip and protesting the normalization of relations between Morocco and Israel, on Mohammed V avenue in Rabat on October 5, 2025; illustrative.

Morocco-Israel ties deepen as protesters demand ‘no ambassador, no embassy’

 Social media and digital online concept, man using smart phone.

Foreign Ministry aims at online younger generation in new digital public diplomacy efforts


Canada pledges $100m. for Palestinian aid amid UNRWA staff Hamas controversy

The funding assistance brings Canada’s total contribution to $500 million for the Palestinian territories.

Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand attends a conference with Israeli and Palestinian civil society groups to support a two-state solution, in Paris, France June 12, 2026.

UNRWA fires 70 employees after Israeli accusations of Hamas affiliation

Earlier this week, USAID announced that it had referred 101 current or former UNRWA staff members to the US State Department for suspension or disbarment over their role in the October 7 massacre.

A PALESTINIAN man walks past the building of the UNRWA headquarters in Gaza City on January 8, 2018.

Over 100 UNRWA staff referred to US State Department over Hamas ties, Oct. 7 massacre

UNRWA school principals, teachers, security personnel, attendants, psychosocial counselors, and medical professionals were among those referred.

Palestinians carry the bodies of Imad Salim, also known as Abu Hassan, a senior commander in Hamas' armed wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, and others during their funeral procession in Gaza City on May 28, 2026.

Why pro-Israel educators should teach the Nakba - opinion

Students who learn this version of 1948 develop both moral imagination and intellectual resilience.

ISRAELI RIGHT-WING activists demonstrate next to Arab Israeli and left-wing activist students during a rally marking the anniversary of the Nakba at Tel Aviv University, in May 2026.

‘Dog rape’ to ‘genocide’: How lies become weapons in mainstream reporting - interview

Olga Deutsch, incoming head of NGO Monitor, reveals how false allegations, media distortions, and politicized NGOs shape narratives against Israel and Jewish communities.

People take part in the National March for Palestine - hands off Gaza, a pro-Palestinian protest calling for the government to "end the genocide and stop arming Israel", in London, Britain, January 31, 2026.

Def. Min. complex to be built on site of fmr. UNRWA Jerusalem headquarters, Katz says

UNRWA's headquarters in Ammunition Hill was demolished in January after the organization's ties with Hamas were exposed.

Defense Minister Israel Katz speaks during a ceremony returning a stone from the Western Wall that had been kept at HaKirya military base, to the Davidson Center in the Old City of Jerusalem, May 4, 2026.

Who gets to belong? Palestinians in Syria confront old suspicions under new rule

Arrests, media attacks, and changes in official terminology have deepened anxiety among Palestinian refugees over their legal status and place in Syrian society.

PROTESTERS GATHER outside the entrance of Yarmouk refugee camp to condemn the Israeli death penalty law for Palestinians convicted of lethal attacks, in Damascus, Syria, April 1, 2026.

More UNWRA ties to Hamas, Global Sumud Flotilla details emerge

The Jerusalem Post's must-listen news roundup with Shifra Jacobs—the top stories, clear and concise. 

A vessel from the Global Sumud Flotilla, pictured April 12, 2026; illustrative.

UNRWA’s West Bank schools drop to four-day weeks over funding issues, UN agency confirms to ‘Post’

UNRWA let go of 571 staff members in January due to financial constraints, amid a decline in donations and ongoing public criticism from Israel and organizations like UN Watch.

This picture shows an UNRWA school in the Shuafat refugee camp in east Jerusalem on May 6, 2025.

Gaza receiving over 70,000 cubic meters of water per day, COGAT claims

The post came in reply to a post from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), saying that freshwater supplies in Gaza were "severely limited and polluted."

VIEW OF a new water line building to transfer water between Israel and the Gaza Strip, near Kibbutz Nirim, on the Israeli side of the Border with the Gaza Strip, September 4, 2019.