MSN - AP World http://syn3.thecanadianpress.com/mrss/feed/fcf7391a2f354311807f0501c16bde6a MSN - AP World Copyright © 2010-2018 The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. This is some test. http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Fri, 03 Apr 2026 08:59:20 +0000 Israel's looming ban on UNRWA deeply worries Palestinians in Jerusalem refugee camp http://syn3.thecanadianpress.com/mrss/feed/fcf7391a2f354311807f0501c16bde6a/d6a19e0146f64faca29cb847999a597c In the Shuafat refugee camp, a hardscrabble district in east Jerusalem surrounded by a hulking concrete wall, intense security checks make venturing out exasperating. In the absence of municipal services, the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA, is what provides decent free healthcare and education to Shuafat's residents. Those services — as well as everything from garbage pickup to maintaining water systems — may begin disappearing after Thursday, when a pair of Israeli laws passed last October come into effect, banning UNRWA from operating on Israeli territory and prohibiting Israeli officials from having any contact with the agency. (AP video/Sam McNeil and Alon Bernstein) d6a19e0146f64faca29cb847999a597c Category Wed, 29 Jan 2025 18:32:44 +0000 In the Shuafat refugee camp, a hardscrabble district in east Jerusalem surrounded by a hulking concrete wall, intense security checks make venturing out exasperating. In the absence of municipal services, the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA, is what provides decent free healthcare and education to Shuafat's residents. Those services — as well as everything from garbage pickup to maintaining water systems — may begin disappearing after Thursday, when a pair of Israeli laws passed last October come into effect, banning UNRWA from operating on Israeli territory and prohibiting Israeli officials from having any contact with the agency. (AP video/Sam McNeil and Alon Bernstein) In the Shuafat refugee camp, a hardscrabble district in east Jerusalem surrounded by a hulking concrete wall, intense security checks make venturing out exasperating. In the absence of municipal services, the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA, is what provides decent free healthcare and education to Shuafat's residents. Those services — as well as everything from garbage pickup to maintaining water systems — may begin disappearing after Thursday, when a pair of Israeli laws passed last October come into effect, banning UNRWA from operating on Israeli territory and prohibiting Israeli officials from having any contact with the agency. (AP video/Sam McNeil and Alon Bernstein) Israel's looming ban on UNRWA deeply worries Palestinians in Jerusalem refugee camp The Canadian Press