Haaretz: The #Knesset approved in second and third readings a bill that prohibits the operations of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (#UNRWA) in Israel. This was done without actually developing any alternative to UNRWA's operations in the #Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem, and despite opposition and criticism from several countries in the West and Arab world. Together with another proposal currently under Knesset discussion, these bills are designed to hinder UNRWA's activities in East Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Gaza Strip, and to cause it economic damage. 92 Knesset members supported the bill, with 10 opposing. Knesset members from Yesh Atid, HaMachaneh HaMamlachti, and Yisrael Beiteinu supported the bill. Labor Party members were absent from the vote.

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