Israel Should End Campaign to Destroy Lifesaving UN Palestinian Aid Agency

New Legislation Would Bar UNRWA from Gaza, West Bank

https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/10/15/israel-should-end-campaign-destroy-lifesaving-un-palestinian-aid-agency

Israeli authorities should withdraw proposed legislation in parliament aimed at preventing the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) from operating in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and halt their campaign to destroy the UN’s most important aid agency for Palestinian refugees in Gaza and elsewhere.\
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the proposal to evict UNRWA from areas under Israeli control and revoke its privileges and immunities “would be a catastrophe,” calling the agency “indispensable” and “irreplaceable.” European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said the laws would have “disastrous consequences” if implemented. United States Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield also voiced “deep concern.”

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