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Israel’s Relations With the UN Hit a New Low With UNRWA Ban
Israel’s relationship with the United Nations has historically been strained, but over the past year, tensions have reached new levels. On October 28, the Israeli parliament (the Knesset) passed a law to prohibit operations of the UN’s relief and works agency (Unrwa) – the UN body responsible for Palestinian refugees – within the territory it controls.
What would Israel shutting down UNRWA mean for Gaza’s displaced people?
New Israeli law bans UN Relief and Works Agency from operating in country and occupied Palestinian territories
Israel’s decision to outlaw UNRWA is long overdue
According to the IDF, approximately 10% of UNRWA employees in Gaza have ties to Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Among them was Mohammad Abu Itiwi, a Hamas Nukhba commander responsible for massacring 16 people and kidnapping four civilians at the Nova music festival.
UNRWA Ban In Gaza 'Will Not Make Israel Safer': WHO
The chief of the World Health Organization on Monday denounced Israel's decision to cut ties with the UN agency supporting Palestinian refugees, saying it would not make the country safer while increasing civilian suffering in Gaza.
Israel’s UNRWA Ban is Long Overdue
If the UN wants to be taken seriously as a source of aid to Palestinians, it should commit to overdue improvements in accountability and transparency in its aid organizations.
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Criminalising UNRWA: How Israel Is Delegitimising The United Nations
An independent review commissioned by the UN revealed that Israel "made public claims that a significant number of UNRWA employees are members of terrorist organizations", but that it "has yet ...
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Israel Officially Cuts Ties with UNRWA, Claims Agency ‘Infiltrated’ by Hamas
On Sunday, Israel officially informed the United Nations of its decision to withdraw from a longstanding agreement with UNRWA ...
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The UNRWA meltdown
Mohammad Abu Itiwi, who led the murder and kidnapping of Israelis hiding in a roadside bomb shelter on that terrible day, and who was killed by the Israel Defense Forces last week in Gaza, had been ...
Israel’s UNRWA ban is the next step in a long-standing effort to delegitimize the agency
Israel has long sought to discredit the U.N. agency, viewing its existence and operations as supporting Palestinians’ ...
Dodds warns of ‘severe consequences’ if UNRWA aid is obstructed by Israel
Israel obstructing the work of Gaza’s primary aid agency will have “very severe consequences” on the humanitarian situation ...
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UNSC Statement on UNRWA for Palestine Refugees
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Pascale Christine Baeriswyl (Switzerland ...
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LIVE BLOG: ‘Attempted Coup’ Rumored | Kamal Adwan’s Plea for Help – Day 395
The Gaza government media office said in a statement that all hospitals in northern Gaza were destroyed by Israel.
EU Against Attempts To Obstruct UNRWA Operations
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell condemned on Thursday any attempt to a ...
Israel's laws banning UNRWA set a 'dangerous precedent', the aid agency says. What are the implications for Gaza and Palestinians elsewhere?
The Knesset has passed laws that will soon block UNRWA — the main aid agency for Palestinians — from operating on Israeli ...