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‘If UNRWA implodes tomorrow, there’d be no alternative’
Still functioning despite Israel's ban, UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini explains how the agency is laying the groundwork for future Palestinian institutions.
By
Ghousoon Bisharat
and
Meron Rapoport
February 27, 2025
In Syria’s war-scarred Yarmouk Camp, Palestinians begin long path to recovery
Syria's largest Palestinian refugee camp was brutally besieged and almost entirely depopulated during the civil war. Now, returnees are starting to rebuild — but face extreme poverty and deep political uncertainty.
By
Salvador Soler
January 10, 2025
In Egypt, Gazans endure ‘unbearable’ life with little support
Over 100,000 Palestinians have fled to Egypt during the war. Feeling stranded by the state and the PA, they describe a precarious existence in legal limbo.
By
Hadi Rami
November 22, 2024
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Israel’s paradoxical crusade against UNRWA
Israeli officials are relying on UNRWA to prevent a polio epidemic — while the Knesset advances laws to expel the agency.
By
Jonathan Adler
October 10, 2024
‘How is it reasonable to kill over 200 for the sake of four?’
Relentless bombing, hospitals overflowing, soldiers in aid trucks: survivors recount the massacre in Nuseirat refugee camp during Israel’s hostage rescue.
By
Ruwaida Amer
June 13, 2024
A Gaza journalist’s agonizing search for safety
From Gaza City to Rafah, Marah Mahdi and her family have been displaced 11 times since October. Yet surviving each Israeli attack brings little solace.
By
Mohammed R. Mhawish
and
Asmaa Yassin
June 4, 2024
‘The scenes of the Nakba are repeating’: Rafah in panic as Israeli invasion begins
With Israeli forces entering Gaza’s southernmost city, Palestinians describe their hardships and fears in the Strip’s last vanishing refuge.
By
Ruwaida Amer
and
Mahmoud Mushtaha
May 8, 2024
Why is Gaza so central to the Palestinian struggle?
The history of Gaza illuminates how the tiny enclave has long encapsulated Palestinian identity — and why it is now the focal point of a regional crisis.
By
Anne Irfan
January 2, 2024
Thousands fleeing, a deadly explosion: My drive through Gaza’s escape route
After Israel ordered Gazans to evacuate the north, I rushed through the strip's main road to rescue family members. It was the most difficult day of my life.
By
Mohammed Zaanoun
October 14, 2023
Germany to strip Palestinian refugee’s status over his activism
Echoing dubious Israeli claims against his advocacy group, Germany could force Zaid Abdulnasser into a legal limbo faced by thousands of Palestinians.
By
Hebh Jamal
October 2, 2023
‘Your grandparents couldn’t return to Al-Sajara. But I know they died hoping’
Little remains of the village from which +972 editor Vera Sajrawi’s grandparents were uprooted in 1948. Living out the rest of their lives close by as internal refugees, they yearned for what was taken from them.
By
Vera Sajrawi
September 22, 2023
Israel’s war on refugee camps seeks to correct its mistake of 1948
Refugee camps have long been a nexus of Israeli oppression and Palestinian resistance. The Jenin invasion reveals a new stage in that battle.
By
Ameer Makhoul
August 1, 2023
Dispelling the myths about Palestinian refugees — in Jenin and beyond
With Israel's Jenin invasion sparking a new round of misinformation, here are the truths behind five hasbara tropes on Palestinian refugees.
By
Anne Irfan
July 9, 2023
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