Palestinian refugees face hitting ‘rock bottom’, warns UNRWA in $1.6 billion appeal

‘Outrageous’ arson attack forces UNRWA to temporarily shutter East Jerusalem compound

Posting on social media, Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said “Israeli residents set fire twice to the perimeter” on Thursday evening.  UNRWA personnel and staff from other UN agencies were inside the compound at the time.  “Our director with the help of other staff had to put out the fire themselves as it took the Israeli fire extinguishers and police a while…

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Complete shutter down strike on death anniversary of Shaheed Maqbool Butt in Occupied Kashmir

Complete shutter down strike on death anniversary of Shaheed Maqbool Butt in Occupied Kashmir

Maqbool Butt was hanged in New Delhi on 11 February 1984. Photo: File Srinagar: In Occupied Kashmir, brave Kashmiris celebrated the 39th anniversary of Hurriyat leader Shaheed Maqbool Butt by staging a complete shutter-down strike ignoring the threats of the Indian Army. According to Kashmir Media Service, the 39th death anniversary of Maqbool Butt, the…

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