In a press statement reported by the Palestinian News and Information Agency (WAFA), the Presidency clarified the positions of the countries that warned of the dangers of this Israeli legislation against… UNRWAand among them Canada Australia, France, Germany, Japan, the Republic of Korea and the United Kingdom, which expressed this in a joint statement.
The presidency affirmed that “UNRWA is a red line, and that it is an issue Refugees She is the essence The Palestinian issueAnd that there is no solution without resolving the refugee issue in a just manner in accordance with the resolutions of international legitimacy and international law,” noting that “UNRWA was established in accordance with a UN resolution on December 18, 1949.”
The presidency said, “If it were not for the continued American political, financial, and military support for the occupation, it would not have dared to challenge the international community and adopt policies that flooded the region with violence and instability.”
The Jerusalem Post newspaper quoted a source in the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as expecting the passage of two laws to stop the work of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).
The Israeli source explained that the two laws include a ban on UNRWA’s work in East Jerusalem, Gaza and the West Bank, after the Foreign Affairs and Security Committee in the Israeli Knesset approved, on October 13, a draft law to ban the agency’s work, paving the way for referring it to a second and third reading vote in the General Assembly. The Knesset to become an effective law.
