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The Department of Refugee Affairs of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) warned on Wednesday, Dec. 2 of a "humanitarian catastrophe" that could befall the Palestinian refugee camps in light...

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has denounced the continuation of the blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip. The Israeli...

On Sunday, June 19th, The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) issued a report stating that, scattered across dozens of camps in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and the Palestinian territories...

A report issued by the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has shown that the unemployment rate in Gaza rose to 45.2% in the second half...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The president of the European parliament, Jerzy Buzek crossed into the Gaza Strip today, via the Israeli Eretz crossing. He visited the Society for Deaf Children and...

A UN report suggests that media claims that the West Bank economy is flourishing overlook the reality of rising unemployment and a jump in inflation. Issued by the UN...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES On Wednesday, April 6, the Austrian Foreign Minister, Michael Spindelegger, arrived in the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing with Egypt. Mr Spindelegger is set to hold...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The spokesman for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) has called on the leaders of European countries to work collectively to bring an...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURESA new vocational and scientific exhibition for students was unveiled on Saturday by the Dean of Student Activities and Student Affairs at the Islamic University in Gaza City....

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Malta's Foreign Minister, Tonio Borg, has issued a call for serious and tangible efforts to lift the blockade on the Gaza Strip. During a short visit to...

The situation in Gaza is still extremely bleak, according to the UN agency responsible for Palestinian refugees. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has said that Gaza's...

The Director of Operation for the UN Relief and Works Agency in the Gaza Strip, John Ging, has confirmed that "no tangible change" has occurred to the lives...

On 7 August, IBA Channel One's Royim Olam Programme broadcast a film made by David Bedein, titled "For the Sake of the Nakba". The film contains many serious inaccuracies,...

A human rights committee for Palestinian refugees' affairs in Jordan has claimed that 60 percent of Palestinians in refugee camps across the country live below the poverty line due...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Representative to the European Union John Gatt-Rutter visited the Gaza Strip today to commend the outstanding work done by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for...

The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has denied Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) allegations that the Palestinian resistance in Gaza is using the agency's buildings as...

The United Nations Fourth Committee has accused the Israeli authorities of obstructing efforts to reconstruct the Gaza Strip, which was devastated during the Israeli war in 2008/2009. Life in...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES More than one million Palestinian students started the academic year in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip on Sunday. Almost quarter of a million attend government...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Gaza will no longer be "a liveable place" by 2020 unless urgent action is taken to improve the water supply, electricity, education and health, a UN report...

The newly-appointed Director of Operations for the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in the Gaza Strip has warned that the continuing blockade "threatens the stability of the region"....

The organisation for Palestinian refugees and their right of return, Thabet, has expressed grave concern that the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has deleted 169,000 refugees from its...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs visited Gaza today (Wednesday 25 January), crossing from Israel at Beit Hanoun in Northern Gaza. Baroness Cathy Ashton's visit was...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The Palestinian Minister for Waqf and Religious Affairs in Gaza Ismail Redwan handed on Monday to the Lebanese Prime Minister Najeeb Meqati a letter from his Palestinian...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The UN Relief and Works Agency, UNRWA, has said that it will be able to provide thousands with work opportunities over a three year period as a...

The Head of Infrastructure and Camp Improvements at the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has confirmed that 120 homes were destroyed completely during the recent Israeli attack on...

Lisa Gillian of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) has announced that about 100,000 Palestinians have fled from the Yarmouk refugee camp in Syria due...

The eight-day Israeli offensive against the Gaza Strip last month was traumatic for all civilians, not least the students of Hassan Salameh School in northern Gaza. Every student has...

The UN has said that the recent Israeli military offensive against the Gaza Strip left more than 3,000 Palestinians homeless after their houses were completely destroyed by Israel's bombardment....

The State of Kuwait has donated $53 million to UNICEF to help Syrian children inside Syria and refugees in neighbouring countries, and $15 million to UNRWA to assist Palestinian...

The UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has estimated that 400,000 Palestinian refugees are now affected by the conflict in Syria. The figure includes almost 5,000 who have fled...

The Department of Refugees' Affairs in the Islamic Resistance Movement has said that it will fight to block any manipulation to change the definition of a "Palestinian refugee" in...

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has announced the distribution of financial assistance to more than seven thousand families in the Gaza Strip. The...