The Knesset decision to severely restrict the work of UNRWA will seriously disrupt food supplies and worsen a dire situation
Bags of flour being distributed to Palestinians at an UNRWA post for Palestine refugees in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on Thursday. Article two of the UN’s founding charter says that countries “shall give the United Nations every assistance” in its work. Meanwhile, international law requires that as an occupying power in Gaza, Israel must agree to relief programmes for those in need and facilitate them “by all the means at its disposal”.
Israel has long demonised UNRWA, alleging it is prolonging and promulgating the case for the “return” of refugees displaced from Israel in 1948 and accusing it of collaborating with HamasDoctor Odyssey’s core message: just imagine Pacey from Dawson’s Creek holding you tight and saying, ‘Shhh, it’s okay’Israeli complaints prompted a widespread withdrawal of international funding in January, with the revelation that a dozen Hamas militants involved in the murderous October 7th attack were UNRWA...
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