[ PIC 29/04/2013 – 11:03 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The UNRWA has embarked on transferring many of its security personnel from its main headquarters to its regional office in Gaza as part of preparations believed to be intended for shutting down its head office. An official from the union of local civil servants told the […]
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Abu Marzouk appeals to UNRWA to open office in Egypt
[ PIC 27/04/2013 – 12:13 PM ] CAIRO, (PIC)– Deputy head of Hamas’s political bureau Mousa Abu Marzouk urged UNRWA to open an office in Egypt to serve the Palestinian refugees who fled their homes in Syria. Abu Marzouk stated on his facebook page that the solution to the suffering of the Palestinian refugees in […]
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Dozens protest at UN office in Gaza City
Maan News Agency | April 22, 2013 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Dozens of people gathered outside the UNRWA offices in Gaza City on Monday to protest the suspension of aid by the agency for Palestinian refugees. Protestors told Ma’an that they would continue to protest until their demands were met. The UN agency stopped food […]
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Sit-in outside UNRWA in Gaza protesting the reduction of its services
[ PIC 16/04/2013 – 07:01 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Palestinian refugees staged a sit on Monday for the second time outside the headquarters of UNRWA in Gaza protesting against the reduction of the services provided by the international agency to the refugees in Gaza. The Palestinian refugees demonstrated continuously throughout the past two weeks calling […]
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UN warns of serious effects of Israeli sanctions on Gazans
A Palestinian boy sits next to bags of flour at a United Nations food aid distribution center in Shati refugee camp in Gaza City. (File photo) PressTV | Wed Apr 10, 2013 8:47PM GMT Gaza has been blockaded by Israel since June 2007, a situation that has caused a decline in the standard of living, […]
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UN aid agency to reopen food distribution centers in Gaza on Tuesday
A Palestinian boy sits next to bags of flour at a United Nations food aid distribution center in Shati refugee camp in Gaza City in January. PressTV | Apr 8, 2013 8:47PM The UN aid agency provides food to 800,000 Palestinians, nearly half the population of the impoverished enclave. It also provides assistance to an […]
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VIDEO | Refugees in Gaza condemn UN aid cuts
Published on Apr 7, 2013 Under severe scarcity and high rate of unemployment, over 1.1 million registered Palestinian refugees live in the blockaded coastal enclave. They form more than 68 percent of the population of the Gaza Strip. According to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, the socio-economic situation in Gaza has been on […]
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UN suspends food and cash distribution, leaving Gaza destitute
RT.com | April 5, 2013 The UN has suspended operation of all of its food distribution outlets in Gaza following protesters storming one of them. The centers will resume operation when the UN Relief and Works Agency gets safety confirmation for its property and staff. On Thursday dozens of men stormed one of UNRWA’s distribution […]
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UNRWA shuts down Gaza offices over protests
Maan News Agency | April 4, 2013 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The UN agency for Palestine refugees said Thursday it was closing offices in the Gaza Strip in response to a “dramatic and disturbing” escalation in demonstrations over the week. Protesters have been demonstrating outside UNRWA’s offices to protest a reduction in financial assistance to […]
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Protests in Gaza against the reduction of UNRWA services
[ PIC 25/03/2013 – 06:32 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Dozens of Palestinian refugees protested in Jabaliya camp northern Gaza strip against the meeting of Robert Kerner, director of UNRWA operations in Gaza, with representative of Palestinian families and against the organization’s shortage of services. The protesters chanted angry slogans, condemning UNRWA new policy that affects […]
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Refugees Department in Hamas: UNRWA’s trips are “suspicious”
[ PIC 21/03/2013 – 08:19 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Department of Refugee Affairs in Hamas movement issued on Thursday a press release in which it says that the trips organized by UNRWA for the children of Palestinian refugees are “suspicious”. The department points to a previous trip organized by the UNRWA for the refugee children […]
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UNRWA condemns attacks on Palestinian children in Syria
Overview | The Genocide on Palestinian Refugees in Syria [ PIC 01/03/2013 – 01:17 PM ] NAZARETH, (PIC)– The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has condemned attacks on Palestinian children in Syria. The agency said in a press release that on the afternoon of Monday 25 February, Basem al-Hindi, a 14 […]
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UNRWA to reduce number of aid beneficiaries from 15,0000 to 5,0000
DRAH | Febr 19, 2013 Gaza, (DRAH.ps)– A source at UNRWA stated Tuesday that (UNRWA) intends to reduce its aid provided to the refugees in the Gaza Strip under the pretext of the budget deficit. The source said under condition of anonymity that such procedure is intended to be implemented in April as dozens […]
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European study denounces UN failure towards Palestinian refugees in Syria
Overview | The Genocide on Palestinian Refugees in Syria [ PIC 18/02/2013 – 05:22 PM ] LONDON, (PIC)– Three European organizations issued an urgent appeal for legal and security protection for Palestinian refugees in the camps in Syria, and along its borders with Lebanon and Jordan. A statement issued by the three institutions, the Euro […]
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Becoming refugees once more: Palestinians from Syria return to Gaza
Overview | The Genocide on Palestinian Refugees in Syria DRAH | Febr 16, 2013 Gaza, (DRAH.ps)– Ahmed Dweik’s family knows a thing or two about the refugee experience. Theirs started in 1948, when his father fled his Palestinian home town as Israeli forces captured the village of West Batani near Ashdod in present-day Israel. From […]
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