USAID

USAID watchdog says UNRWA Oct. 7 staff investigation had ‘major deficiencies’

Though OIOS complained that it had only been provided copies of the evidence because the originals remained in Israel’s custody, USAID OIG said that there was no reason to doubt their authenticity.

 Palestinians gather to receive aid provided by UNRWA including food supplies, after Israel says it has ceased entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza, outside a distribution center, at Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza Strip, March 2, 2025.
A protest display against UNRWA seen in Jerusalem, March 18, 2024

US moves to disbar three former UNRWA teachers over Hamas ties, Oct. 7 involvement

US SECRETARY OF STATE Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, Sept. 2010.

'A Daring Enterprise': Pragmatism, principles, and peace through prosperity - review

A PALESTINIAN man walks past the building of the UNRWA headquarters in Gaza City on January 8, 2018.

UNRWA fires 70 employees after Israeli accusations of Hamas affiliation


Trump's USAID cuts harm Palestinian women with breast cancer

USAID received $364 million from the United States in 2017, according to Reuters.

Palestinian midwife Sara Abu Taqea (L), 23, who works in the maternity ward at Gaza's Al-Ahli hospital, speaks with her colleague at the hospital in Gaza City, February 10, 2019.

Ambassador Friedman praises USAID-funded interfaith school Hand in Hand

The Twitter comments were mixed with overwhelming support for the encouraging interfaith activities with others upset at the halted funding for Palestinian programs.

David Friedman

Diplomatic Affairs: The anti-terrorism price tag

Clean water and Israeli-Palestinian coexistence efforts become collateral damage of new Trump administration legislation.

STUDENTS AT the USAID-funded Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, located on Kibbutz Ketura, use the desert as their classroom

USAID cut will create negative atmosphere, instability- PA spokesman says

Trump's special Mideast envoy Jason Greenblatt called Rudeineh's statement disingenuous.

Palestinian official Nabil Abu Rudeineh

'USAID to end all Palestinian projects on Jan. 31,' former director says

Expressing deep concern over the move, Dave Harden told 'The Jerusalem Post' that the U.S. administration “demonstrates again a lack of nuance."

A Palestinian man pushes a cart with bags of flour at an aid distribution center run by United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip September 1, 2018.

Keeping the environment and peace off the endangered list

The Arava Institute program drives realistic projects despite Middle East conflict.

MK Amir Peretz (Zionist Union) with former US ambassador Dennis Ross (left) and David Lehrer, executive director of the Arava Institutewith former US ambassador Dennis Ross (left) and David Lehrer, executive director of the Arava Institute at the Arava Institute’s Track II forum in 2017

Trump freezes funding to east Jerusalem hospitals

A PA official said that, as a result of the hospital funding cuts, Ramallah would double down on its boycott of the administration and its pending peace plan.

US President Donald Trump receives a briefing from senior military leadership at the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC April 9, 2018.

India, Israel and the possibilities of collaboration in Africa

The combination of Israeli innovation/conceptual abilities and India’s “collective effort, inclusive growth” approach can provide the right direction to sustainable development efforts in Africa.

Meron Reuben joins Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in welcoming Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Israel on July 4.