The World Bank projects national inflation will hit 17.5 percent in 2026, forcing many small business owners to shutter operations and cut off household lifelines. Palestinian workers remain locked out of formal sectors like medicine and engineering despite minor adjustments, such as a February 2026 employment sponsorship mechanism for nursing students. Compounding these structural barriers, UNRWA's capacity to deliver essential aid to the roughly 222,000 refugees across 12 camps has been crippled by 2024 donor cuts following the fallout of Lebanon's 2019 financial collapse.
Key points
Severe electricity shortages force refugees to rely on expensive private power alternativ…: Severe electricity shortages force refugees to rely on expensive private power alternatives that strain household budgets.
Systemic legal exclusions prevent the vast majority of Palestinian refugees from securing…: Systemic legal exclusions prevent the vast majority of Palestinian refugees from securing stable, formal employment.
Critical aid delivery remains in jeopardy due to donor funding cuts that struck UNRWA in…: Critical aid delivery remains in jeopardy due to donor funding cuts that struck UNRWA in 2024.
Sources checked by our analysis pipeline: 1
As one of Lebanon’s most vulnerable communities, Palestinians are struggling to make ends meet.
Beirut, Lebanon — Osama Najjar is a Palestinian refugee living in the Beddawi refugee camp in Tripoli, Lebanon’s second-largest city, where he used to have a shop selling aluminium.
Palestinians are barred from working in specific professions in Lebanon, including medicine, law, engineering and pharmacy, meaning that owning a shop is a crucial economic lifeline for many, regardless of their education levels.
Recommended Stories
list of 3 items- list 1 of 3Hezbollah funding plan indicates a new challenge to Lebanon’s government
- list 2 of 3Lebanese sceptical Israeli polls will bring change, end occupation of south
- list 3 of 3How to stop the US-Israel war on Iran
But Najjar, like other Palestinians in Lebanon, says the situation has grown increasingly difficult, as rising inflation and energy costs hit one of Lebanon’s most vulnerable communities particularly hard. With business stuttering and unable to keep up with his bills, he was forced to close his shop in early 2024. Since then, he has found work hard to…
The tactic deployed during the June 2025 conflict aimed to flood Iranian security services with confusion so authentic covert assets could evade detection during major strikes. While Israeli leadership acknowledged that this maneuver resulted in the detention and execution of innocent civilians with no espionage ties, critics condemned the policy for deliberately sacrificing bystander safety.
Internal turmoil has gripped the Green Party following a controversial membership vote designating Zionism as a form of racism and supporting a single Palestinian state. The measure has sparked fierce political backlash, including diplomatic bans, an equality regulator probe, and threats to municipal power-sharing deals across Britain. Party figures now face pivotal choices over their future ideological direction ahead of the upcoming spring conference.
Mark Jones, who joined the party as a political consultant in February alongside former Queensland National executive Susie Douglas, is restructuring internal preselection following criticism over Victorian vetting delays. The reformed screening seeks to professionalize assessments, yet it continues to provoke member pushback over centralized control while failing to prevent problematic endorsements.