Israel's UNRWA Ban Puts the U.S. and Palestinians

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.
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Israel's Unrwa ban will be devastating for Palestinians
As the only agency that recognises Palestinian refugees and the right of return of their descendants, Israel's erasing of it will never bury the Palestinian struggle for freedom
Israel ends agreement with UNRWA, main provider of aid for Palestinian refugees
The Israeli Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it had notified the U.N. of the cancellation of an agreement dating back to 1967 that facilitates UNRWA's work.
Israel has banned the UN agency for Palestinian refugees. That could be devastating for millions
Israel’s parliament has voted to ban a nearly eight-decade-old United Nations agency that provides essential services for Palestinian refugees, a move that could have devastating consequences for millions of Palestinians living under Israeli occupation.
Israel bans UNRWA, the U.N. relief agency for Palestinian refugees
Legislation passed by Israel's Knesset is the latest move in the long-standing feud between the U.N. agency and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Israel's UNRWA ban aims to end return of Palestinian refugees to their lands: Refugee camp residents
Residents urge international pressure on Israel after Knesset passes bill banning UN agency from operating - Anadolu Ajansı
Banning UNRWA will lead to a vacuum and more suffering for Palestinians, the agency’s chief says
The head of the U.N. agency caring for Palestinian refugees says that newly passed Israeli laws effectively banning its activities in Israel will leave a vacuum that will cost more lives and create further in Gaza and the West Bank.
Palestinian official condemns Israel’s ending of agreement with UN aid agency
A Palestinian official on Monday condemned Israel’s decision to terminate the agreement facilitating the work of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, the main aid provider in Gaza.
UNRWA: What is the UN agency for Palestinian refugees that Israel has banned?
Israel’s parliament on Monday passed two Bills to ban the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) from operating in Israel and the Palestinian territories. The Knesset also voted to designate UNRWA a terrorist organisation, cutting all ties with the agency.
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 withdraws from agreement with UN agency for Palestinian refugees
Israel notified the United Nations on Monday that it was withdrawing from the 1967 agreement with UNRWA, the main aid agency ...
Israel has long wanted to dismantle the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency. The consequences could be disastrous for all
UNRWA to this day maintains that Israel never provided it ... the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, or ...
What is UNRWA, the UN Palestinian refugee agency?
Here are some facts about UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East: WHAT ...
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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 ...