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Arab, Muslim countries issue joint statement backing UNRWA amid US, Israeli measures against agency

12 December 2025, 6:33 pm
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The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, the UAE, Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkey and Qatar issue a joint statement “affirming the indispensable role of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in protecting the rights of Palestinian refugees and caring for their affairs.”

The statement comes against the backdrop of an Israeli raid on UNRWA’s headquarters in East Jerusalem and reports that the US is looking into designating the UN agency as a terror group due to its ties to Hamas.

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