What is UNRWA and why did Israel’s Knesset ban the agency …
Oct 28, 2024 · CNN — 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...
Israeli laws blocking UNRWA – devastating humanitarian ... - UN News
5 days ago · 31 October 2024 Peace and Security. 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 ...
Israel has long wanted to dismantle the UN’s Palestinian ... - CNN
3 days ago · Boaz Bismuth, a Likud member of Knesset, wrote one of the two bills to ban UNRWA, which passed 92 to 10. In the wake of October 7, he believed that dismantling the agency was urgent.
Israeli Knesset vote on UNRWA set to deepen Palestinian suffering | UN News
Oct 28, 2024 · Monday’s vote by the Israeli Knesset banning the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) contradicts principles of the UN Charter, violates Israel’s obligations under international law, and sets a...
Knesset approves laws barring UNRWA from Israel, limiting it in …
Oct 29, 2024 · “The Palestinian people will be freed from the occupation,” Tibi screamed, as right-wing MKs called for him to leave the Knesset. Israel had been extremely critical of UNRWA long before the ...
Knesset News
2 days ago · It is proposed to prohibit the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) from operating within Israel's sovereign territory, and to instruct the Israel Police to take action to enforce this prohibition.
Israel bans UNRWA, the U.N. relief agency for Palestinian refugees
Oct 28, 2024 · Israel's parliament voted Monday to ban the operations of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, the main humanitarian aid agency operating in Gaza.
Knesset News
1 day ago · In its sitting on Monday, the Knesset Plenum voted to approve in first reading the Bill for Cutting Off the State of Israel's Relations with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and Declaring it a Terrorist Organization, 2024, sponsored by MK Yulia Malinovsky (Yisrael Beitenu) and a group of ...
UNRWA cannot be replaced, say UN top officials in response to Knesset …
Oct 29, 2024 · Monday’s vote by the Israeli Knesset banning the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) contradicts principles of the UN Charter, violates Israel’s obligations under international law, and sets a...
Israel informs UN that 1967 agreement recognizing UNRWA is void
2 days ago · 4 November 2024, 9:53 am. 217. A UN employee stands at a UNRWA school in the Jalazone camp north of Ramallah in the West Bank, on November 4, 2024. (Photo by Zain JAAFAR / AFP) The Foreign ...