The decision by the Israeli authorities to enter and demolish the UNRWA headquarters in East Jerusalem is a serious attack against the UN agency, and constitutes a violation of Israel's obligations under the Convention on the Privileges and Immunitie...
We call on Israel to halt the E1 settlement project. The publication of the deadline for offers in the tender launched for all 3,401 housing units under this plan, as well as the advancement of the "Sovereignty Road" construction that would establish...
NEW YORK, January 15, 2026 (WAFA) – The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) warned of the “imminent end of its decades-long presence” in East Jerusalem due to what it described as “outrageous” actions by Is...
JERUSALEM, January 14, 2026 (WAFA) – Israeli forces stormed, on Wednesday evening, the East Jerusalem town of Silwan, according to the Jerusalem Governorate. The Governorate said that Israeli forces stormed the Batn al-Hawa neighborhood in Silwa...
January 12, 2026 - We, the undersigned Palestinian Arab human rights and civil society organizations in Israel, strongly condemn the Israeli government’s escalating measures targeting humanitarian action, civil society, and human rights organizatio...
We, the leaders of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (hereinafter Jordan) and the European Union, held our first EU-Jordan Summit in Amman, Jordan on 8 January 2026 and concluded the following: 1. Today’s Summit marks an important milestone in EU�...
JERUSALEM, December 23, 2025 (WAFA) – Israeli forces tonight detained a minor after assaulting him during a raid on the Batn al-Hawa neighborhood in the East Jerusalem town of Silwan, according to local sources. Earlier today, Israeli forces lau...
JERUSALEM, December 22, 2025 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces demolished a commercial facility in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Bab Al-Amoud, according to local sources. Sources reported that an Israeli army force raided the neighborhood ...
In 2024, demolitions continued following a sharp escalation after 7 October 2023. Military operations expanded in refugee camps, self-demolitions increased in East Jerusalem, and settler violence reached 1,449 documented incidents (131 attacks result...
ANKARA, December 10, 2025 (WAFA) - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Türkiye condemned Israel's raid on the compound of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in occupied East Jerusalem, and its s...
NEW YORK, December 8, 2025 (WAFA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned the Israeli occupation forces’ raid on the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in occupied East Jerus...
NEW YORK, December 8, 2025 (WAFA) – UNRWA Commissioner-General, Philippe Lazzarini, condemned on Monday the Israeli raid into the Agency’s HQ in East Jerusalem and replacing the UN flag with Israel’s flag. In a statement on X, Lazzarini said...
