Chris Gunness

Palestinian refugees 'making their way from Galilee in October-November 1948' (Fred Csasznik, copyright expired)

Addressing the root of the Palestinian refugee problem

Cash shortages at UNRWA distract from the wider issue: it is the lack of a diplomatic solution, not funding, that leaves Palestinian refugees vulnerable. In the end, it was the catastrophe that wasn’t. For a nervy few weeks it seemed a severe funding shortage would delay the school year for half a million children reliant on the…

By Natasha Soffer-Roth September 24, 2015

Palestinians stand in front of the entrance of Remal Elementary UNRWA School which is used as a temporary shelter for people from the northern part of the Gaza Strip, Gaza City on July 13, 2014. People from northern Gaza left their homes after Israel dropped leaflets warning them to evacuate. Israeli attacks have killed at least 166 Palestinians, including 30 children. (Photo by Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

UNRWA funding crisis puts 500k Palestinian children at risk

A budget deficit of $101 million threatens to delay the start of the academic year in UNRWA schools. At a time of rising extremism, such an outcome could have consequences for states across the Middle East, the agency says. UNRWA, the UN agency responsible for Palestinian refugees, is facing a budget deficit of $101 million…

By Natasha Soffer-Roth August 3, 2015

The bodies of Palestinians lie in the Al Shifa Hospital morgue in Gaza City following an attack on an UNRWA school in Jabaliya, July 30, 2014 (photo: Activestills)

129 Palestinians, 3 Israeli soldiers killed; U.S. approves Israeli request for ammunition

Wednesday saw a particularly deadly day of violence in the Gaza Strip, while diplomatic efforts to reach a ceasefire continued with urgency. According to officials at the Palestinian Health Ministry, 129 people were killed and more than 200 wounded in Gaza throughout Wednesday. Israel’s Operation Protective Edge has killed a total of 1,400 Palestinians and…

By +972 Magazine July 30, 2014

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Palestinians pass along a sand walkway connecting flooded areas of the Al Nafaq neighborhood of Gaza City. (photo: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)

PHOTOS: Gaza’s streets remain flooded a week after storm

The UN reports that 10,000 people were displaced in the record-setting storm and that it could take another week to clear the flooding. A week after record-setting winter storms pounded the Middle East, areas of the Gaza Strip are still struggling to cope with severe flooding of homes and businesses. Gaza City residents reported that…

By Activestills December 20, 2013