Israel is poised to ban the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees within the Near East, generally known as UNRWA, elevating considerations concerning the supply of humanitarian support to Gaza.
Will UNRWA, which has offered emergency companies, schooling and healthcare to hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees since 1949, survive the battle in Gaza? The reply is just not clear. After the assault launched on October 7 by Hamas towards Israel, the United Nations company is on the heart of an issue that places its survival in danger.
In October, lawmakers within the Knesset – Israel’s parliament – handed a legislation banning the company from working on Israeli soil, months after claiming that 12 UNRWA employees members had been concerned within the October 7 assault.
The severe accusation has raised fears that Hamas, which the EU and US think about a terrorist organisation, has infiltrated UNRWA.
This has additionally led the European Commission to assessment its help for the UN company and quite a few EU nations – together with France and Germany – to briefly droop funding, creating humanitarian challenges for Gazans struggling to entry meals, water and shelter.
Last August, an inside UN investigation cleared 10 UNRWA staff and fired 9 others for potential involvement within the October 7 assault. Most nations have resumed funding for UNRWA… however what could be the results of Israel’s ban on UNRWA within the discipline? What is UNRWA’s relationship with Hamas?
Euronews’ Stefan Grobe sat down with Scott Anderson, UNRWA director in Gaza.
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