An-Najah News -  The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia contributed US$ 25 million to the Near East (UNRWA) through its embassy in Jordan as a part of a larger pledge by the Kingdom to help the Agency's maintain critical services to 5.6 million Palestine refugees in the region. 

KSA has been a steadfast supporter of the Palestine refugees for year and has been amongst the Agency's top donors for years.

“The Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense for their timeliness and generosity of their support to Palestine refugees,” said Philippe Lazzarini. “At a time of regional political turmoil, pandemic and economic and financial crises, Palestine refugees will know that their rights and wellbeing are not being questioned and that Saudi Arabia stands by them.”

An-Najah News - according to a local activist Israeli settler set up a tent on Palestinian-owned land in Birin village in Hebron.

settler set up a tent on a plot of land belonging the Burqan family from Birin, east of Yatta, and hoisted the Israeli flag in the vicinity as a prelude to seizing the land for the construction of a new colonial settlement said Member of the Popular Committees in Southern Hebron, Rateb al-Jbour

Its residents were originally expelled from Naqab desert in the south of the country following Israel’s creation in 1948 and now depend on agriculture and livestock as their main source of livelihood.

Yet, Israel is trying to end Palestinian presenceand take over the Palestinian land for its settlement schemes in Birin.