Image: Workers of United Nations Palestine Refugee Agency (UNRWA) prepare aid to distribute to families in Gaza on 14 January 2020. (Ali Jadallah/Anadolu Agency)

Ireland approves funding of $21m to UNRWA
Middle East Monitor

“The Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs has announced a three-year contribution towards the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). Ireland will be donating €6 million ($7 million) per year to the agency between 2021 and 2023, intended to be what the Irish government has described as ‘development needs of refugees across UNRWA's fields of operation in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip."

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Image: Benjamin Netanyahu flashes a 'victory' sign in Bat Yam on Election Day, Tuesday (March 23). (Avishag Shaar-Yashuv)

Israel election results: How Netanyahu lost, and why he might still win
Haaretz

“The final results in the election for the 24th Knesset are in and their bottom line is that Benjamin Netanyahu lost. He defined victory as a Knesset majority made up of five parties – Likud, Shas, United Torah Judaism, Religious Zionism and Yamina, even though Yamina’s Naftali Bennett refused to commit to joining in advance – and he failed to achieve even that low bar. The five parties of the notional ‘Netanyahu bloc’ now total 59 seats, two short of a majority."

Image: A man disconnects a hose from his water truck after refilling at a water depot on July 20, 2017 in Gaza City, Gaza. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

Only 4% of Gaza household have access to safe water
Middle East Monitor

“A recent study has found that only four percent of households in the Gaza Strip have access to safe water, compared with 39.5 percent in the rest of Palestine. According to a study released by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) and the Palestinian Water Authority yesterday and reported by the Wafa news agency, 66.2 percent of Palestinian households in the occupied West Bank have access to safe water. The report also found that the daily allocation of water per capita is less than the internationally recommended rate, adding that it is decreasing."

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Image: US ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield at UN Headquarters in New York, on March 1, 2021. (Timothy A. Clary / AFP)

Renewing US aid to Palestinians, Biden administration to send $15m in COVID aid
Times of Israel

“US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield announces that Washington will be sending $15 million in COVID-related humanitarian aid to Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, in what will be the first such funds transferred under the Biden administration, which has vowed to restore financial assistance to the Palestinians."