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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak giving a press conference in Downing Street.
July 10, 2024, 2:25 pm
OPINION: Conservative support for Israel won’t diminish in opposition
The unrelenting nature of politics makes it hard to take stock but there is much CFI and Conservatives can be proud of, writes the chief exec of Conservative Friend of Israel
By James Gurd - Conservative Friends of Israel
Dennis Ross, at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)
February 27, 2024, 12:26 pm
Former US Middle East envoy calls for ‘transition away from UNRWA’
Dennis Ross argued that until there's a replacement for UNRWA, certain changes need to be made, such as ending its subservience of UNRWA to Hamas.
By JN Reporter
Ayelet Samerano. Photo: Liri Agami
February 21, 2024, 6:11 pm
Israel mother of hostage: ‘UNRWA worker kidnapped my son’
'How can the UN pay this man who dragged my son’s limp body on the ground, and then picked him as if he was a trophy back to Gaza?' the mother of a 21-year-old hostage said.
By JN Reporter
UNRWA workers allegedly partaking in October 7 massacre. Courtesy: IDF
February 19, 2024, 3:37 pm
Israel accuses dozens more UNRWA workers of taking part in 7 October massacre
Evidence revealed by defence minister Yoav Gallant shows 12 percent of agency's workers belong to terror groups
By JN Reporter
Tunnel under UNRAWA HQ in Gaza. Courtesy: IDF
February 12, 2024, 11:21 am
‘You knew’: Israel accuses UNRWA chief after Hamas tunnel discovered beneath its HQ
Israel calls on UNRWA chief Lazzarini to resign after denying any knowledge of the tunnel.
By Jotam Confino in Israel
Palestinian school girls watch a press conference by UNRWA Commissioner General Pierre Krahenbuhl during his visit to an UNRWA school in Gaza City. Credit: Wissam Nassar/dpa/Alamy Live News
March 14, 2023, 1:11 pm
Shocking report reveals UNRWA teachers ‘glorify terrorism and incite antisemitism’
The report will be presented on Tuesday in the U.S. Congress which is considering new legislation in the House and the Senate to cut funding for UNRWA. 
By JN Reporter
Palestinians extinguish a fire in a collapsed building, hit during an Israeli strike in the southern Gaza Strip in 2014. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Pacific Press/ABACAPRESS.COM
June 10, 2021, 11:43 am
‘Shocking’ threats made against UN director in Gaza by Hamas condemned
Labour Friends of Israel criticises Hamas after it emerged UNRWA's director of operations in Gaza, Matthias Schamale, had been ordered to leave
By Lee Harpin
Palestinian laborers head to work in Israel through a checkpoint amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), near Hebron in the West Bank May 3, 2020. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma 
July 2, 2020, 5:20 pm
UK pledges extra £33.5m to UN agency for Palestinians
Announcement made by Middle East Minister James Cleverly who said 'overcrowded living conditions and years of conflict' left refugees 'particularly vulnerable' to coronavirus
By Jewish News Reporter
UNRWA sign in Jerusalem, 2007
September 12, 2018, 2:41 pm
OPINION: UNRWA perpetuates the refugee problem
Alex Brummer reflects on the role that the United Nations' refugee agency plays in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
By Alex Brummer
Alistair Burt
September 4, 2018, 5:03 pm
UK pledges extra £7m to UN body helping Palestinian refugees after US withdrawal
Middle East Minister Alistair Burt says the government understood American concerns but they 'don't believe the way they went about it is correct'
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