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Israeli parliament approves bill to ban UN Palestinian refugee agency
(www.aljazeera.com)
It's way past time that UN bans Israel from their institutions and puts heavy sanctions on them for their genocide and other crimes against humanity.
The UN first has to acknowledge that a genocide is taking place.
They could just do it because of the attacks Israel is doing against UN personnel and institution/agencies if they want to wait for it to legally be ruled a genocide.
Or because they keep openly being against any diplomatic efforts.
UNRWA is the primary mechanism by which Gaza receives aid and runs its own institutions. It is a thorn in Israel's side because they want control over all of that as well and are pissed that Gazans can direct resources where they want.
Another major factor is UNRWA's existence is legally giving Palestinians status as refugees who were ethnically cleaned by the Nakba. By dismantling UNRWA Israel is trying to remove Palestinian's legal right to return.
https://www.unrwa.org/who-we-are/frequently-asked-questions :
UNRWA is mandated by the UN General Assembly to serve ‘Palestine refugees’. This term was defined in 1952 as any person whose "normal place of residence was Palestine during the period 1 June 1946 to 15 May 1948 and who lost both home and means of livelihood as a result of the 1948 conflict." Palestine refugees are persons who fulfil the above definition and descendants of fathers fulfilling the definition.
Yes thank you for adding this!
The worst is that they not only create a very dangerous precedent, but also they are barring UNRWA without providing any alternative to it.
The irony is that they are attacking the same institution thanks to which their state exists today and also the institution which was created for the world to try to avoid global conflicts like WWII.
Assholes.
this post was submitted on 28 Oct 2024
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