Lederen av UNRWA:
Israel seeking to close down Unrwa, says agency’s chief after school bombing"
A campaign is under way to drive the UN relief agency for Palestinians, Unrwa, out of existence, its commissioner general has said, days after 18 people were killed when Israeli jets bombed an Unrwa school in Gaza.
Philippe Lazzarini said in an interview that the Israeli government was seeking to close down the agency, having failed to persuade western donors to stop funding it on the grounds of allegations about links between Unrwa staff and Hamas.
Bombing av FN¨-skoler i Gaza er en del av krigføring mot FN, hevder UNRWA-leder Lazzarini:
“We should make absolutely no mistake that this is more than an attack on Unrwa, but on the broader multilateral system and on the UN. This is a campaign to dismantle Unrwa and push out the broader humanitarian community.”
Lazzarini pointed out three pieces of legislation going through the Israeli parliament: one to label Unrwa as a terrorist organisation, another to remove all immunities from Unrwa staff and a third to deny Unrwa access to buildings under Israel’s control. He said the draft bills were enjoying large support.
In addition, he said the Israeli government was not renewing visas for key Unrwa staff and NGOs."
Skudeneshavn 14. september 2024
Jan Marton Jensen
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13. september 2024
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/13/israel-seeking-to-close-down-unrwa-philippe-lazzarini-school-bombing
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