The laws prevent UNRWA from operating in the Israeli region and prohibit Israeli officials from any contact with the agency.
Israel laws They prohibit the United Nations Public Works and Socorro Palestinian Refugees Agency in the Near East (OOPS) was approved last October and entered into force on Thursday.
HE More influences will take place in West JerusalemIsrael annexed with a measures that are not recognized by most international community. The center of UNRWA, located there, closes immediately.
But the prohibitions also threaten Under operations in the occupied regions of Ranwa in the West Bank and Gaza StripHere, after the 15 -month war between Israel and Hamas, the lifeless of about two million Palestinians who remained homeless.
Israel has been criticizing UNRWA for a long time and claims to have continued Palestinian refugee status. However, the campaign against the agency has concentrated on October 7 by Hamas’s attack on Southern Israel and by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other right politicians. Israel says this He participated in a dozen attacks from UNRWA’s 13,000 employees in Gaza And that others support or sympathize with Hamas.
The agency rejects that it welcomes armed groups and says that any suspect is rapidly moving to cleanse the suspect among the staff. So far It is not clear how the laws will be applied – And if Unwa’s operations are forced to stop – and even UNRWA officials say they don’t know what to happen.
Some officials said The police would close the agency center and facilities in the Israeli region on Thursday.According to them, it contains West Jerusalem. However, an Israeli government official who has knowledge about the details of the law said that there is no intention of physically closing institutions, but it will be more difficult for the agency to operate without coordination with Israeli officials.
A total closing of 80,000 Palestinians in East Jerusalem will end a total closing According to UNRWA officials, about two dozen medical centers. In addition, up to 1,000 children in the middle of the education year would cut education and vocational training.
There is no city school in the shuafat camp, so Children UNRWA They would have to enter and leave Israel control stalls every day Still towards unknown destinations. Edition threatens the role of Unrwa as a backbone of humanitarian logistics in the region.
If the center is closed, there will be “very, very serious” inferences For Social Security, UNRWA Communication Director from East Jerusalem Complex Jonathan Fowler.
The agency offers a wide basic service to 2 million in the West Bank for 1.1 million Palestinians and Gaza. During the war between Israel and Hamas, it was the main agency that guaranteed the delivery of food, medical equipment and other aid to which the Gaza population depends on survival. Israel claims that aid is directed to other UN agencies and other NGOs operating in Gaza.
United States Support
After reversing the support of Biden administration to the United Nations Agency, Israel’s ban on UNWA was strengthened. United States said Tuesday It supports Israel’s decision to close the UNRWA office in East JerusalemHe was annexed by Israel and said that the agency “stained” of the alleged connections with Hamas.
The United States added Dorothy Shea, announced on Tuesday at the UN Security Council’s emergency meeting There are other humanitarian institutions with experience in Gaza And the information necessary to do UNRWA’s work.
“What is needed is a nuanced debate about how we can guarantee that humanitarian aid and basic services are not interrupted.” Shea said. He said. Congress The United States cut UNRWA’s financing until March.
