Critics of the legislation claim that the new law would greatly impact humanitarian efforts inside of Gaza. But supporters of the law have pushed the UN to divide the UNRWA's responsibilities up into other UN agencies.
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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.
While the law has not been immediately implemented, the announcement of its passage drew strong condemnation from UNRWA, the United States, and others.
Lawmakers in the Knesset voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bill to stop the UN's aid agency from operating inside Israel. The move is likely to impede its work in the Gaza Strip. DW has more.
Critics of the legislation claim that the new law would greatly impact humanitarian efforts inside of Gaza. But supporters of the law have pushed the UN to divide the UNRWA's responsibilities up into other UN agencies.
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees, whose operations in Israel were banned by the Israeli parliament on Monday, is seen by some as an "irreplaceable" humanitarian lifeline in Gaza, but as an accomplice of Hamas by others.
The new legislation seeks to sever ties with UNRWA, despite strong objections from the U.S. and international community. Both bills sort to terminate an agreement from 1967 between the two parties.
Israeli lawmakers overwhelmingly passed legislation on Monday to ban the United Nations’ relief agency for Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA. US officials are urging Israel’s government to hold off on implementing the legislation because they say it will mean “catastrophe” for millions of Palesti…
UNRWA "really plays an irreplaceable role right now in Gaza, where they are on the front lines getting humanitarian assistance to the people that need it," U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said.
Millions of Palestinian refugees are set to suffer as a result of banning the UN agency, piling pressure on the US, which has warned of ‘consequences.’
The head of the United Nations Work and Relief Agency for Palestine said in a Tuesday letter to the U.N. General Assembly that Israeli legislation against UNRWA will have a catastrophic impact in Gaza.
