JERUSALEM: Israel formally notified the United Nations of its decision to sever ties with the agency supporting Palestinian refugees, it said Monday, ...
A woman walks past rubble as UN workers conduct rehabilitation works in the vicinity of the damaged UN agency for Palestinian refugees’ UNRWA headquarters at the Nur Shams refugee camp east of Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank - AFPpix: Israel formally notified the United Nations of its decision to sever ties with the agency supporting Palestinian refugees, it said Monday, after lawmakers voted to ban the organisation vital to the occupied territories.
“On the instruction of Foreign Minister Israel Katz, the ministry of foreign affairs notified the UN of the cancellation of the agreement between the State of Israel and UNRWA,“ the foreign ministry said in a statement. “If this law is implemented, it would be likely to cause the collapse of the international humanitarian operation in the Gaza Strip -- an operation of which UNRWA is the backbone,“ Fowler told AFP.
Residents of Nur Shams camp in the occupied West Bank were fearful for the future after an Israeli raid last week damaged the UNRWA office there.“For us, it’s UNRWA or nothing,“ Shafiq Ahmad Jad, who runs a phone shop in the camp, told AFP. The agency, which began its operations on May 1, 1950, was tasked with assisting some 750,000 Palestinians who had fled or been expelled from their homes during the war.
“I want to be clear: with or without an agreement, the key to restoring peace and security in the north... is first and foremost to push Hezbollah back beyond the Litani River, secondly to target any attempt to rearm, and thirdly to respond firmly to any action taken against us,“ Netanyahu told troops at the border, his office said in a statement.
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