unrwa Archives – J-Wire https://www.jwire.com.au/tag/unrwa/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Sun, 01 Feb 2026 01:38:41 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 6446428 Australia declines to join statement criticising Israel https://www.jwire.com.au/australia-declines-to-join-statement-criticising-israel/ https://www.jwire.com.au/australia-declines-to-join-statement-criticising-israel/#respond Sun, 01 Feb 2026 01:38:41 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=177161 The Albanese government has declined to sign up to an international statement expressing concern about Israel demolishing an aid agency’s headquarters. Australia has rejected an offer from international partners to join a public statement condemning Israel for the demolition of an international aid organisation’s headquarters. The foreign ministers of 11 nations, including the UK, Canada […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/australia-declines-to-join-statement-criticising-israel/feed/ 0 177161 Peace education now       https://www.jwire.com.au/peace-education-now/ https://www.jwire.com.au/peace-education-now/#comments Thu, 27 Nov 2025 22:56:14 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=174656 President Trump’s Gaza peace plan, adopted by the UN Security Council on November 17, 2025, includes references to a reformed Palestinian Authority that would be able to regain control over the Gaza administration…write David Bedein and Arnon Groiss. This could serve as a pathway to Palestinian self-determination and statehood. Earlier this year, on September 12, […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/peace-education-now/feed/ 2 174656 Hamas victims sue UNRWA https://www.jwire.com.au/hamas-victims-sue-unrwa/ https://www.jwire.com.au/hamas-victims-sue-unrwa/#respond Wed, 06 Aug 2025 23:24:59 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=171774 Some 200 victims of Hamas and Hezbollah filed a lawsuit in the U.S. federal court last week alleging that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, the global body’s Palestinian aid organisation, supports terrorism. Richard Heideman, an attorney for the victims and their families, told JNS that UNRWA portrays itself as a humanitarian actor, but […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/hamas-victims-sue-unrwa/feed/ 0 171774 The war Hamas wants; the war Israel is fighting https://www.jwire.com.au/the-war-hamas-wants-the-war-israel-is-fighting/ https://www.jwire.com.au/the-war-hamas-wants-the-war-israel-is-fighting/#respond Mon, 28 Jul 2025 07:56:52 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=171459 While humanitarian aid drops from the sky, hundreds of trucks carrying the same supplies sit idle at the Gaza border. The failure is not logistical—it is political and moral. Efforts to divide the Gaza Strip into humanitarian zones have collapsed. The so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is nonfunctional. The United Nations is absent. UNRWA, rather than […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/the-war-hamas-wants-the-war-israel-is-fighting/feed/ 0 171459 Gaza fundraising restrictions: not discrimination — just common sense https://www.jwire.com.au/gaza-fundraising-restrictions-not-discrimination-just-common-sense/ https://www.jwire.com.au/gaza-fundraising-restrictions-not-discrimination-just-common-sense/#respond Wed, 23 Jul 2025 06:20:56 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=171339 Recent reports in New Zealand media have highlighted that PayPal and Givealittle have restricted donations to Gaza, sparking outrage from some activists and donors. But accusations of “discrimination” miss the point entirely. These decisions are not political — they’re legal, responsible, and necessary. In one case, PayPal froze thousands of dollars in donations from New […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/gaza-fundraising-restrictions-not-discrimination-just-common-sense/feed/ 0 171339 Why is New Zealand still funding antisemitic education in the Palestinian territories? https://www.jwire.com.au/why-is-new-zealand-still-funding-antisemitic-education-in-the-palestinian-territories/ https://www.jwire.com.au/why-is-new-zealand-still-funding-antisemitic-education-in-the-palestinian-territories/#comments Tue, 06 May 2025 23:54:34 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=168881 A recent report from the education watchdog IMPACT-se has reignited urgent concerns over the content of Palestinian school curricula. While the international spotlight has rightly focused on UNRWA’s operations in Gaza (where educators affiliated with Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad teach children to venerate terrorists) the same disturbing patterns appear in Judea & Samaria (the […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/why-is-new-zealand-still-funding-antisemitic-education-in-the-palestinian-territories/feed/ 3 168881 Australia backs Gaza ceasefire amid humanitarian crisis https://www.jwire.com.au/australia-backs-gaza-ceasefire-amid-humanitarian-crisis/ https://www.jwire.com.au/australia-backs-gaza-ceasefire-amid-humanitarian-crisis/#comments Thu, 12 Dec 2024 00:22:13 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=164452 Australia supported a ceasefire in Gaza and joined calls for the reversal of Israeli laws banning a Palestinian aid agency from operating at the United Nations. A humanitarian crisis in Gaza has resulted in Australia supporting a reinvigorated push for a ceasefire and aid to flow at scale. The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly voted […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/australia-backs-gaza-ceasefire-amid-humanitarian-crisis/feed/ 1 164452 UNRWA to be booted from Israel with good reason https://www.jwire.com.au/unrwa-to-be-booted-from-israel-with-good-reason/ https://www.jwire.com.au/unrwa-to-be-booted-from-israel-with-good-reason/#respond Mon, 04 Nov 2024 03:35:45 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=163389 Decisions by Israel’s Knesset voting: 92 to 10 to approve a law barring the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) from operating in Israeli territory and 87 to 9 in favour of curtailing UNRWA’s activities in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank by banning state authorities […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/unrwa-to-be-booted-from-israel-with-good-reason/feed/ 0 163389 Knesset passes legislation banning UNRWA https://www.jwire.com.au/knesset-passes-legislation-banning-unrwa/ https://www.jwire.com.au/knesset-passes-legislation-banning-unrwa/#respond Tue, 29 Oct 2024 04:52:13 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=163209 Israel’s Knesset has passed two bills that effectively ban the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees, known as UNRWA, from working in Israel and the Gaza Strip with Australia’s Penny Wong opposing the decision n. Lawmakers voted 92 to 10 for the bill that revokes the 1967 exchange of notes between Israel and UNRWA providing […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/knesset-passes-legislation-banning-unrwa/feed/ 0 163209 Israel challenges UNRWA over alleged staff casualties in Gaza strike https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-challenges-unrwa-over-alleged-staff-casualties-in-gaza-strike/ https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-challenges-unrwa-over-alleged-staff-casualties-in-gaza-strike/#respond Fri, 13 Sep 2024 05:06:20 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=161983 Israel has hit back at claims that six UNRWA workers were killed in an airstrike on a Hamas command and control centre in a building previously used as a school, saying three of the nine terrorists eliminated were also employees of the embattled agency. The Israel Defence Forces on Thursday afternoon released the names of […]

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