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2. UNRWA - Wikipedia

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   UNRWA operations, as of 1 January 2017. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East [a] (UNRWA, pronounced / ˈ ʌ n r ə / UN-rə) [b] is a UN agency that supports the relief and human development of Palestinian refugees.

3. Explainer-What are the legal questions raised by Israel's ban ...

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   UNRWA has been active for decades in the Gaza Strip and for the past year has sought to aid civilians caught up in Israel's war against Hamas militants in the enclave, where many of the 2.3 ...

4. UNRWA and Israel - Wikipedia

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   UNRWA has been criticised by the Israeli government and politicians for alleged involvement with Palestinian militant groups, such as Hamas.In 2004, Israel stated that Peter Hansen, UNRWA's former Commissioner-General (1996–2005) "consistently adopted a trenchant anti-Israel line" which resulted in biased and exaggerated reports against Israel and demanded he be removed.

5. Israel bans UN aid agency UNRWA from operating in Israel - AOL

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   JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel passed a law on Monday banning the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA from operating in the country, legislation that could impact its work in war-torn Gaza. The ...

6. Israel has banned the UN agency for Palestinian refugees ...

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   UNRWA is the primary humanitarian aid group in Gaza. Nearly 2 million Gazans rely on the agency for aid, with 1 million people using UNRWA shelters for food and healthcare in the enclave. The ...

7. Philippe Lazzarini - Wikipedia

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   Education. University of Neuchâtel (BA) University of Lausanne (MBA) Occupation. Humanitarian. Philippe Lazzarini (born 1964) is a Swiss-Italian humanitarian who has been serving as Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) since 2020.

8. List of directors and commissioners-general of UNRWA

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   List of directors of UNRWA. Until 1962, the head of UNRWA was titled Director: John Davis (U.S.) - Fourth Director and first Commissioner-General from 1959 to 1963. Davis had been U.S. assistant secretary of agriculture in the Dwight D. Eisenhower administration. [12] Henry Labouisse (U.S.) - Director from 1954 to 1958.

9. What would Israel shutting down UNRWA mean for Gaza’s ... - AOL

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   UNRWA was established by the UN General Assembly in December 1949 to carry out “direct relief and works programmes” for Palestine refugees. It began its operations on 1 May 1950.