Outcry as Israel bans main UN aid agency
The Philippine Star|October 30, 2024
JERUSALEM AFP) Israel faced a mounting international backlash yesterday after its parliament approved a bill banning the main UN aid agency for the devastated Gaza Strip.
Outcry as Israel bans main UN aid agency

Despite objections from the United States and warnings from the UN Security Council, Israeli lawmakers overwhelmingly passed the bill banning the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) from working in Israel and annexed east Jerusalem.

Israel strictly controls all humanitarian aid shipments to Gaza, and lawmakers also passed a measure prohibiting Israeli officials from working with UNRWA and its employees.

UNRWA has provided essential aid, schooling and healthcare across the Palestinian territories and to Palestinian refugees elsewhere for more than seven decades.

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