Akram Al-Rajoub, the governor of the West Bank city of Jenin, called on Friday for former Palestinian Authority (PA) ministers and officials to return money they had stolen while in office, Safa Press Agency reported. On his Facebook page, Al-Rajoub declared that there had been an order by President Mahmoud Abbas for the return …

Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General Stephane Dujarric blamed on Thursday UNRWA funding cuts, the closure of Gaza’s crossings, and the delay of internal Palestinian reconciliation for the dire situation in the enclave.

Almost a dozen countries have agreed to advance their annual contributions to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees to help it plug a major shortfall after a partial cut-off of US funding, its chief said yesterday.

Schools, clinics and food distribution centres in the Gaza Strip were closed on Monday after 13,000 employees of the United Nations agency that serves the Palestinians walked out.

A general strike has been called for by the private sector in the Gaza Strip to protest worsening living conditions amid the ongoing blockade, which is threatening to collapse the enclave’s economy.

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday called for the United Nations’ agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA to be closed, days after US President Donald Trump threatened to cut Palestinian aid.

On Tuesday, Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the UN, delivered a rather ambiguous threat in response to a question on the maintenance of the US level of funding to UNRWA. She replied; “the president has said that he doesn’t want to give any additional funding or stop funding until …

President Donald Trump admitted the Middle East peace process was in difficulty on Tuesday and threatened to cut US aid to Palestinians, currently worth more than $300 million a year.

Professors from Palestinian universities across the Gaza Strip and West Bank went on a one day strike, Monday, to protest the withdrawal of Palestinian Authority (PA) ministry of education and higher education from financial and administrative agreements reached in 2008, reports Quds Press. The Palestinian Federation of Unions of University Professors and …

JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON – A US team is in the process of finalising President Donald Trump’s “ultimate deal” for peace between Palestinians and Israel, a Western diplomat and Palestinian officials have told Middle East Eye. The diplomat, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to discuss the issue with the media, …