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I congratulate and thank the members of the Knesset from across the political spectrum for passing the laws that tonight put an end to the ongoing disgrace of cooperation with UNRWA,
far-right provocateur and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said
Such a move by a UN member state against a UN General Assembly-mandated organisation is unprecedented and dangerous,
Fowler saidWe’ve taken a step closer to Israel’s ultimate aim, to achieve complete impunity for whatever it wants to do, whenever it wants to do it, free from the international community.”
Speaking of the Knesset’s defiance in the face of international calls for restraint, Goldberg saidPeople would go hungry, and that could lead to increased violence,
he said of an enclave he described as already gripped by hunger, fear and instabilityThis law wasn’t just popular within Israel – that it would pass was regarded as a simple fact,
Tel Aviv-based analyst Ori Goldberg told Al JazeeraUNRWA ‘s support has been crucial,
Abu Ghaban told a translatorThe children still express their hopes through drawing,
he said, pointing to the rough childlike sketch on the tent’s wall of a family going homeThey provide essential services such as health, education and food, as well as managing the camp,
he said, outlining how the family of 10, reduced to living in a tent, relied upon the UN agency for the dwindling number of essentials that make it through the Israeli checkpointsIt … violates the State of Israel’s obligations under international law… [and it] would be a setback to sustainable peace efforts and to reaching a diplomatic solution to the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict,
he addedWhoever harms the security of the State of Israel, the State of Israel will harm him,
he addedRefugees would struggle to survive,
he saidThis is far worse, ... This is indifference. Israel simply doesn’t care about Palestinians.”
he saidThis would create a vacuum. It would also feed more instability in the West Bank and Gaza,
he said
If we want to be successful in any future political transition, we need an agency like UNRWA taking care of education and the primary health of the Palestinian refugees” until there is a viable functioning state or administration to do so
he saidWe have today 1 in 2 persons in Gaza below the age of 18, among them 650,000 girls and boys living in the rubble, deeply traumatized at the age of primary and secondary school,
he saidIn the ... From today, there is no longer any reason to pressure the State of Israel; it is simply prohibited by law
said one MK responsible for the bill
In the midst of all the upheaval, UNRWA, more than ever, is indispensable. UNRWA, more than ever, is irreplaceable,
UN chief Antonio Guterres has said
The humanitarian operation in Gaza, if that is unraveled, that is a disaster within a series of disasters and just doesn't bear thinking about,
said UNRWA spokesperson John Fowler
Ultimately, we will ensure that a more efficient replacement for UNRWA takes its role, not one which is infiltrated by the terrorist organization,
he said
Finally, the iron curtain has fallen on this terrorist organization that we have been fighting against for almost a year,
said Knesset member Yulia Malinovsky from the Yisrael Beiteinu Party, one of the bill's sponsors