Published October 31,2024
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The Arab League Wednesday introduced holding an emergency session on Thursday to handle Israel’s determination to dam the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) from working in Palestinian territories.
In an announcement, the league stated the session, led by Yemen and requested by Jordan, will carry collectively the League’s everlasting representatives at its Cairo headquarters to kind a united response to the ban.
The Israeli Knesset handed a invoice on Monday banning UNRWA from working, which might finally have an effect on its work in Gaza, the occupied West Bank, and East Jerusalem. The laws will take impact in 90 days.
Jordan filed a formal request Tuesday for the Arab League to convene this emergency assembly to formulate a collective response to Israel’s ban on UNRWA.
Israel has accused UNRWA workers of complicity within the Oct. 7, 2023 cross-border incursion by Hamas, alleging that the company’s instructional applications “promote terrorism and hatred.”
UNRWA, headquartered in East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, denies the accusations and asserts that it stays impartial, solely specializing in supporting refugees.
The company, based by a 1949 UN General Assembly decision, supplies assist and safety to Palestinian refugees in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, the West Bank, and Gaza.
UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini responded Monday, calling the ban “unprecedented and dangerous,” and in violation of the UN Charter.
The Israeli military has continued a devastating offensive on the Gaza Strip since a Hamas assault final yr, regardless of a UN Security Council decision demanding an instantaneous cease-fire.
More than 43,160 individuals have since been killed, largely ladies and kids, and over 101,500 others injured, in line with native well being authorities.
The Israeli onslaught has displaced virtually the territory’s whole inhabitants amid an ongoing blockade that has led to extreme shortages of meals, clear water, and drugs.
Israel additionally faces a genocide case on the International Court of Justice for its brutal warfare on Gaza.
Source: www.anews.com.tr