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The Hamas terrorist organization has infiltrated UNRWA in Gaza widely and deeply,
Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesperson Oren Marmorstein told NBC News The impact on the ground will be horrible,
Mustafa Barghouti, head of the Palestinian National Initiative political party, told NBC News UNRWA has helped ensure Gaza’s survival until now, sustaining hopes for a political solution,
UNRWA head Philippe Lazzarini wrote to the General Assembly on Tuesday This UN agency deserves every sanction – it is corrupt, its actions encouraged terror and some of its workers were directly involved in October 7.
It … violates the State of Israel’s obligations under international law… [and it] would be a setback to sustainable peace efforts and to reaching a diplomatic solution to the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict,
I congratulate and thank the members of the Knesset from across the political spectrum for passing the laws that tonight put an end to the ongoing disgrace of cooperation with UNRWA,
far-right provocateur and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said This law wasn’t just popular within Israel – that it would pass was regarded as a simple fact,
Tel Aviv-based analyst Ori Goldberg told Al Jazeera Such a move by a UN member state against a UN General Assembly-mandated organisation is unprecedented and dangerous,
We’ve taken a step closer to Israel’s ultimate aim, to achieve complete impunity for whatever it wants to do, whenever it wants to do it, free from the international community.”
Speaking of the Knesset’s defiance in the face of international calls for restraint, Goldberg said People would go hungry, and that could lead to increased violence,
he said of an enclave he described as already gripped by hunger, fear and instability They provide essential services such as health, education and food, as well as managing the camp,
he said, outlining how the family of 10, reduced to living in a tent, relied upon the UN agency for the dwindling number of essentials that make it through the Israeli checkpoints The children still express their hopes through drawing,
he said, pointing to the rough childlike sketch on the tent’s wall of a family going home UNRWA ‘s support has been crucial,
Abu Ghaban told a translator Whoever harms the security of the State of Israel, the State of Israel will harm him,
Refugees would struggle to survive,
This is far worse, ... This is indifference. Israel simply doesn’t care about Palestinians.”
At the same time, we know that right now, there is no alternative to UNRWA when it comes to delivering food and other life-saving aid in Gaza,
Linda Thomas-Greenfield said This undermines the right of Palestinians to receive humanitarian aid and lifesaving assistance,
Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said in a statement The Secretary-General is writing and has dispatched a letter not too long ago, a few hours ago to the Prime Minister of Israel, outlining his concerns, the issues of international law that has been raised by this law,
spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters Tuesday of the two bills adopted Monday by the Israeli Knesset Obviously, if it is implemented, it is clear that it will have a devastating impact on the humanitarian situation of Palestinians in the occupied territory,
