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Palestinians make several distinctions relating to Palestinian refugees. The 1948 refugees and their descendants are broadly defined as "refugees" (laji'un).The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), especially those who have returned and form part of the PNA, but also Palestinian refugee camp residents in Lebanon, repudiate this term, since it implies being a passive victim, and prefer the ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. UNRWA United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East Abbreviation UNRWA Formation 8 December 1949 ; 75 years ago (1949-12-08) Type United Nations programme Purpose Provide direct relief and works programmes for Palestinian refugees Headquarters Amman, Jordan Gaza ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Clickable map of the Palestinian refugee camps Palestinian refugee camps were first established to accommodate Palestinians who were displaced by the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight during the 1948 Palestine war. Camps were established by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in ...
The revelation that U.N. staff members participated in October 7 is the latest in a string of controversies.
The organization began in February 1949 as a committee of property-owning refugees in Ramallah, primarily focused at first on organizing humanitarian relief for refugees of the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight. [5] In the lead-up to the 1949 Lausanne conference, the group's activities intensified in a more political direction.
An independent review of the neutrality of the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees found that Israel never expressed concern about anyone on the staff lists it has received annually since 2011.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday described the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) as "the backbone of all humanitarian response in Gaza" and appealed to all countries to ...
Dheisheh (Arabic: مخيم الدهيشة) is a Palestinian refugee camp located just south of Bethlehem in the West Bank.Dheisheh was established in 1949 on 0.31 square kilometers of land leased from the Jordanian government. [2]