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Halt UK funding to Palestinian Authority, say MPs after report shows curricula promote violence

‘This cannot be allowed to continue’: PA appears to ignore UK demands for reform of education materials

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

A Palestinian student stands at the blackboard on the first day of classes in the West Bank city of Ramallah (Getty Images)

A boy sits outside the entrance to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) building (Image: Getty)

Adi Schwartz

By Adi Schwartz

As Gaza is rebuilt, the toxic Unrwa structure must be dismantled

3 min read

Matthias Schmale (right), depicted with the Qatari Ambassador to Gaza in 2018, was removed as director of UNRWA Operations in Gaza in 2021 for comments regarded as too sympathetic to Israel (Getty Images)

UNRWA schools are grooming children for jihad

3 min read

Deputy Leader of Reform UK, Richard Tice, speaks during a press conference on September 1, 2025 (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

We warned that the Gaza marches would incite hate – and we were right, says Reform deputy

By Lorin Bell-Cross

4 min read

Unrwa has been sued in US federal court over allegations of links with Hamas (Image: Getty)

US terror victims sue Unrwa over alleged Hamas links

By Andrew Bernard

2 min read

The body of Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar has been recovered by the IDF (Image: IDF)

Footage shows Hamas command centre under UN-funded hospital where Sinwar was said to have died

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The Commons hearing that turned into a trial against Israel and its defenders

Melanie Phillips

By Melanie Phillips

The Commons hearing that turned into a trial against Israel and its defenders

3 min read

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US scraps Unrwa’s legal immunity in major reversal of Biden-era policy

The decision could see the UN agency, which has been accused of employing Hamas operatives, hit with significant claims from the relatives of terror victims

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April 25, 2025 10:50

The US has removed Unrwa's legal immunity, allowing Americans to sue the agency in federal court (Pictured: Unrwa Commissioner General Philippe Lazzarini; Image: Getty)

Alex Hearn

Lammy’s indefensible comparison between totalitarian China and democratic Israel

The list of politicians banned by Britain is significant, and includes an Israeli. But suddenly it is considered a special affront that a nation at war is policing its borders from hostile actors

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April 10, 2025 12:45

Foreign Secretary David Lammy speaks as the United Nations Security Council meets to discuss the situation in the Middle East (photo: Getty Images)

UK funding of Unrwa goes untouched as government cuts aid to finance defence boost

The agency has previously faced accusations that its staff and facilities have been involved in Hamas’ activities

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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February 25, 2025 17:30

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer MP (Image: House of Commons).

Starmer reaffirms UK support for Gaza rebuild and two-state solution after Trump comments

The Prime Minister also faced questions over the use of taxpayer money to fund UNRWA

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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February 5, 2025 14:37

Sir Keir Starmer reaffirmed the UK's support for a two-state solution following Donald Trump's controversial comments on Gaza (Image: Parliament TV).

UNRWA hits out at ‘disinformation campaign’ in letter to MPs following ‘disturbing’ Emily Damari allegations

Former hostage told Sir Keir Starmer that she was held by Hamas terrorists in an UNRWA facility

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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February 5, 2025 10:48

UNRWA has claimed it is the victim of a 'disinformation campaign' following allegations that hostages were held by Hamas in its facilities (Image: Getty)

Trump withdraws USA from UN Human rights council and UNRWA to put ‘maximum pressure’ on Iran

Both bodies have been accused of anti-Israel bias

By Andrew Bernard

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February 4, 2025 21:36

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 04: U.S. President Donald Trump is handed an executive order by White House staff secretary Will Scharf (L) in the Oval Office of the White House on February 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump signed two executive orders, one "reimposing maximum pressure on Iran" and a second executive order withdrawing the United States from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East and the United Nations Human Rights Council. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Israel’s Disaspora Affairs Ministry launches campaign on Palestinian hate education

‘It is time for the world to understand what messages are being conveyed to children under the rule of the Palestinian Authority’.

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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February 2, 2025 13:22

Campaign video by Israel's Ministry of Diaspora Affairs on hate in the Palestinian education system (Image: Ministry of Diaspora Affairs/YouTube).

Starmer thanks Netanyahu for work to secure Emily Damari release

Both leaders agreed to cooperate to combat the threat posed by Iran

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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January 21, 2025 16:31

Sir Keir Starmer offered his thanks to Benjamin Netanyahu for his help in securing the release of Emily Damari, a Downing Street spokesperson said (Image: Getty)

Trump halts funding to Unrwa and revokes sanctions on settlers in executive orders

Hostage families also joined Trump on the podium at his inauguration on Monday

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January 21, 2025 10:53

US President Donald Trump greets relatives of Israeli hostages taken by Hamas during the inaugural parade (Image: Getty)

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