United Nations representatives will start the five days of sittings at the International Court of Justice in The Hague at 10:00 am (0800 GMT), followed by a Palestinian submission. Another 38 countries will then address the 15-judge panel, including the United States, China, France, Russia, and Saudi Arabia. The League of Arab States, the Organisation […]
Last month, the Israeli parliament passed legislation banning UNRWA from operating in Israel and stopping Israeli authorities from cooperating with the organization, which provides aid and education services to millions of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza. Israel has long been critical of UNRWA, set up in the wake of the 1948 war […]
Philippe Lazzarini, who heads the UN Palestinian refugee agency, said on social media platform X that the office was severely damaged and was no longer usable. The Israeli military, however, issued a statement denying responsibility for any damage to the building. “The claim that the UNRWA offices in Nur Shams were destroyed by IDF soldiers […]
