Lex Takkenberg

Nov 11, 2024 | english.alaraby.co.uk | Lex Takkenberg

On October 28 2024, the Israeli Knesset passed two bills aimed at banning the operations and functions of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) across all occupied Palestine (OPT). The pattern of Israel’s regular attacks against UNRWA from 1967 onwards have escalated since the onset of the current extreme rightwing Israeli government.

Nov 11, 2024 | newarab.com | Lex Takkenberg

On October 28 2024, the Israeli Knesset passed two bills aimed at banning the operations and functions of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) across all occupied Palestine (OPT). The pattern of Israel's regular attacks against UNRWA from 1967 onwards have escalated since the onset of the current extreme rightwing Israeli government.

Aug 4, 2024 | nd.nl | Lex Takkenberg

Het verspreiden van onjuiste informatie brengt de organisatie - die zich richt op hulp en ontwikkeling van de Palestijnse vluchtelingen in het Midden-Oosten - en haar medewerkers ernstig in gevaar. Meer dan tweehonderd Palestijnse UNRWA-medewerkers in Gaza en een groot deel van hun familieleden zijn gedood sinds 7 oktober.

Sep 24, 2023 | mondoweiss.net | Lex Takkenberg

ARDD’s Senior Advisor on the Question of Palestine, Dr. Lex Takkenberg, reflects on the plight of the Palestinian people, who have been deprived of their homeland in the century-old confrontation with Zionism and Israel, three decades after the conclusion of the Oslo Accords. Building on British and UN propositions in the 1930s and 40s, Oslo represented the latest effort by the international community at the territorial partition of historic Palestine into a Jewish and Palestinian state.

Feb 3, 2023 | passblue.com | Banjo Damilola |Evelyn Leopold |Lex Takkenberg

This week, we focus on UN reform (no joke!); visits by the UN peacekeeping boss to Lebanon, Syria and Israel; and glimmers of hope for Iraq. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is gathered from UN press briefings, PassBlue reporting and other sources. This week, we also imagine the possibility of diplomats riding a Ferris wheel down the street from UN headquarters.