UN chief writes letter to Israeli PM protesting UNRWA ban

CNA

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Government figures joined a chorus of international condemnation after Israeli politicians voted to prevent the United Nations Relief and Works Agency – UNRWA – from conducting ‘any activity’ inside East Jerusalem, Gaza and the West Bank.
Daily Mail
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Israeli lawmakers passed two laws on Monday that could threaten the work of the main United Nations agency providing aid to people in Gaza by barring it from operating on Israeli soil, severing ties with it and labeling it a terror organization.
China Daily
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Israel’s parliament passed bills that would ban UNRWA from operating in Israeli territory.
Aljazeera
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The U.N. General Assembly created the agency in 1949 to help Palestinian refugees following a war surrounding the founding of Israel, when 700,000 Palestinians were displaced.
The Gazette

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