Israel will confiscate the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees within the Near East (UNRWA) within the Sheikh Jarrah district of East Jerusalem within the occupied West Bank to assemble unlawful settlements on it, reviews mentioned Thursday.
“According to info launched to the general public immediately, your entire UNRWA space in Ma’alot Dafna, Jerusalem, is slated to grow to be a housing venture with 1,440 items,” the Israel Hayom newspaper reported.
It famous that the venture is within the “preparatory phases.”
UNRWA had not commented on the report.
Aryeh King, the far-right deputy mayor of Jerusalem, has repeatedly demanded in current months the institution of 1000’s of unlawful items to develop the Ma’alot Dafna settlement.
Israeli authorities ordered UNRWA to vacate its headquarters in East Jerusalem on May 30 inside 30 days below the pretext of the U.N. company’s “failure to acquire approval” from the Israel Lands Authority to assemble the ability on that land.
But UNRWA spokesman Jonathan Fowler advised Anadolu Agency (AA) at the moment: “We discovered concerning the determination by means of the media and didn’t obtain any info immediately from the Israeli authorities.”
“We are unequivocal about our stance. UNRWA has maintained a presence on this headquarters and one other facility in East Jerusalem for the reason that early Nineteen Fifties,” mentioned Fowler.
Simultaneously with the choice to confiscate the headquarters, the Israeli Knesset, or parliament, is getting ready to vote on a invoice in its second and third readings that designates UNRWA as a “terrorist” and prevents it from working in East Jerusalem.
In May, UNRWA closed the compound after Israeli protesters twice set fireplace to its perimeter. Philipe Lazzarini, the commissioner-general of UNRWA, mentioned nobody was injured however that employees needed to put the fires out themselves as a result of firefighters and police had been gradual to reach.
Israel has been lobbying to have UNRWA closed, as it’s the solely U.N. company to have a selected mandate to take care of the fundamental wants of Palestinian refugees.
UNRWA was established by a U.N. decision in 1949 and is remitted to supply help and safety to refugees in its 5 areas of operation: Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
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