What is UNRWA and why did Israel’s Knesset ban the agency …
Oct 28, 2024 · On Monday, the Knesset passed two bills; one barring UNRWA from activity within Israel, and another banning Israeli authorities from any contact with UNRWA – revoking the 1967 treaty that...
Knesset passes 2nd bill aimed at curtailing UNRWA activities in …
Oct 28, 2024 · Defying US, EU and UN criticism, lawmakers vote 87-9 to approve a bill aimed at severely curtailing the activities of UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees and their descendants, in...
Knesset approves laws barring UNRWA from Israel, limiting it in …
Oct 29, 2024 · Despite widespread international opposition, lawmakers voted overwhelming on Monday evening to approve two bills essentially barring the UN agency for Palestinian refugees and their descendants...
Israel’s Knesset Opens With Passage of Bill Banning UNRWA: …
Oct 28, 2024 · Israel’s Knesset opened its winter session on Monday by passing bills that could threaten the work of the main U.N. agency that assists Palestinians, UNRWA.
Israeli laws blocking UNRWA – devastating humanitarian impact …
5 days ago · On Monday, Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, voted in favour of legislation targeting the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, which could effectively bring its operations in the occupied Palestinian territories to a halt. Here are five things to know about the bills and the potential consequences if they go into effect.
Two bills aimed at curbing UNRWA's activity in Israel approved …
Oct 7, 2024 · The Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, chaired by MK Yuli Yoel Edelstein (Likud), voted to approve for second and third readings two bills that are aimed at curbing the activity in Israel of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
Knesset advances 3 bills aimed at shutting down UNRWA
Jul 22, 2024 · The Knesset approves the first reading of a trio of bills aimed at shutting down UNRWA, amid a wave of popular anger against the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees and their...
Approved in final readings: Bill banning state authorities from ...
4 days ago · The bill, sponsored by MKs Ron Katz (Yesh Atid), Dan Illouz (Likud), Yulia Malinovsky (Yisrael Beitenu) and a group of MKs, states that the invitation for UNRWA, based on correspondence exchanged between Israel and the agency dating back to June 14, 1967, concerning Israel's facilitation of UNRWA's operations, will expire, and that the Minister ...
Israel: New law blocking UNRWA ‘would be a catastrophe’, …
Oct 8, 2024 · Two bills before the Israeli parliament could put a halt to the lifesaving operations of UN Palestine relief agency, UNRWA, which has been indispensable and irreplaceable “more than ever” over...
Approved in first reading: Prohibition on UNRWA's activity within …
4 days ago · In its sitting on Monday, the Knesset Plenum approved in first reading the Bill for Stopping the Activity of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), 2024, sponsored by MK Boaz Bismuth (Likud) and a group of MKs, to which a bill sponsored by MK Sharren Haskel (New Hope - The United Right) was ...