Refugees

Feature Story Palestinian Students Face Uncertainty as Israel Orders Closure of Six UNRWA Schools

Israel’s assault on UNRWA returns to Jerusalem schools.

Blog Post Despite Israel’s Ban, UNRWA Hangs On in East Jerusalem

What’s happened since Israel’s ban on UNRWA took effect January 30, 2025? 

Photo Album Seventy-Five Years of UNRWA in Jerusalem

A photographic tribute to UNRWA’s decades of service to Palestinian refugees in Jerusalem and its environs

Blog Post Palestinian Refugees Petition Israeli Supreme Court against Laws Banning UNRWA

Israel’s ban on UNRWA is due to take effect in a week. Palestinian refugees say impact will be catastrophic.

Blog Post Is There a Legal Basis for Israel’s UNRWA Ban?

Legal experts explain why Israel’s ban on UNRWA is on shaky legal ground.

Blog Post Perspective: UNRWA: A Source of Dignity, Support, and Hope Whose Banning Leaves an Unfillable Void

Jerusalem residents reflect on the vital services that UNRWA has provided for over more than seven decades.

Feature Story As UNRWA Shutters Its Jerusalem Office under Intensifying Israeli Pressure, Palestinians Reflect on UNRWA’s Role

Israel seems to have declared war on UNRWA. How would its permanent closure affect Palestinian Jerusalemites?

Screenshot of a film about the Palestinians of Sheikh Jarrah
Video Sheikh Jarrah

Views from Sheikh Jarrah

Screenshot from the YouTube video, “What’s The Story? Yacoub Ahmad Odeh in Lifta”
Video What’s the Story? Yacoub Ahmad Odeh in Lifta

“We lived here like kings”: Yacoub Ahmad Odeh fights Israeli plans to turn the depopulated village of Lifta into a new Jewish settlement.