Israeli parliament proposes to declare UNRWA a "terrorist group"

Israeli parliamentarians this Wednesday gave preliminary support to the bill to declare the United Nations Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) “terrorist group“, amid pressure from the Israeli authorities on this UN agency.

According to information collected by the newspaper’Times of Israel‘, Parliament gave its first approval to the proposal presented by the MP Yulia Malinovskayafrom the enemy Yisrael Beitenuand with the support of a government coalition led by Benjamin Netanyahu.

However, Israeli media say it is likely that the government coalition of far-right and ultra-Orthodox parties will ultimately shelve the project until its final approval, which distances the possibility of publication of the text.

Malinovskaya herself recently stated that the text would lead to “complete separation of the agencyIsraeli authorities. “There is no cooperation,” he said in an interview with the Israeli media JNS, in which he claimed that “this organization has been cooperating with Hamas for many years.”

An UNRWA school was destroyed in Gaza. Photo: EFE

Malinovsky further noted that UNRWA “Actively participated in murders, kidnappings and rapes Citizens of IsraelThe Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas and other Palestinian groups killed nearly 1,200 people and kidnapped nearly 240, according to Israeli officials.

“I hope that every honest member of the Knesset will vote for this bill and give due credit killed That wounded, kidnapped and that’s all citizens of Israel“he said in line with the government’s allegations of alleged involvement of agency employees in the aforementioned attacks.

However, an external investigation led by the former French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna to study the agency’s work, in April it was determined that Israel did not provide evidence to support links attributed to several of its employees with terrorismwhich led to several countries suspending their contributions to UNRWAhas partially resumed since then.

Israel has stepped up its criticism of UNRWA in recent months and even called for the termination of his mandate and the replacement of his work by other UN agencies and non-governmental organizations, which the United Nations described as unviable due to the relevance of the agency in aid delivery the population of Palestine and Palestinian refugees in the region.

Photo: EFE

UNRWA was created as a result of the creation State of Israel in 1948 General Assembly resolution 302 UN and began operations in May 1950. In the absence of an agreement on the Palestinian refugee issue since then, his mandate was extended until June 2026.

The agency serves Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. and refugees in the region. At the time of its inception, it met the needs of some 750,000 peoplealthough today this happens approximately 5.9 million Palestiniansas stated on his website.

UNRWA services They cover industries education, health, social services, Emergency help, microfinance And infrastructure in refugee camps, which is why the UN believes that it work needed directly and through facilitating infrastructure and networks to facilitate the work of other institutions and NGOs.

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