Israel’s UNRWA ban marks the country’s “final weaponization of hunger, starvation and deprivation 'against the Palestinian people - Martin.
Israel ’s UNRWA ban marks the country’s “final weaponisation of hunger, starvation and deprivation of the basics of life” against the Palestinian people, the Tánaiste has toldMicheál Martin said the move is part of Israel ’s broader strategy to “undermine any possibility of a two-state solution” to theThe decision will severely restrict the aid organisation’s work in Gaza and the West Bank.
I strongly condemn the Israeli parliament’s approval of a law banning UNRWA from working in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.He said he does not accept Israel’s insistence that it is committed to working with international partners to get humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people.“I mean, I went to the Rafah border. I saw all of the essential lifesaving equipment - food and basic stuff that would have been important from a humanitarian perspective - left in Rafah and not allowed into Gaza.
“The corridor and the trucks and trucks of medicine that were not allowed in, it's just unacceptable.”Minister Martin said the last few weeks have seen fewer humanitarian aid trucks than ever getting into Gaza. “ is an attack on Palestinians, it's an attack on the UN system and on the multilateral order as we know it,” he said.Palestinian children inspect damage to Al-Aliya Kindergarten after it was bombed by Israel in Jabalia camp north of Gaza, 14-9-24. Image: SOPA Images Limited / Alamy
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