Taoiseach brands Israeli ban on UNRWA as ‘disastrous and shameful’
The Irish government has urged the international community to condemn and stand against a move by Israel to prevent a UN refugee agency working in Gaza.Taoiseach Simon Harris and Tanaiste Micheal Martin both voiced objections to the Israeli crack down on the United Nations’ Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA.The leaders raised concern about the consequences for maintaining what is an already limited flow of aid to besieged civilians in Gaza.The Irish government has also issued a joint statement with Spain, Norway and Slovenia condemning a vote in Israel’s Knesset parliament that will ban UNRWA from operating in Israeli controlled lands.Tonight’s...
Israel pushes to ban UNRWA from operating inside its borders
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield is pushing back on Israel’s efforts to stymie the United Nations Relief Works Agency from operating within its borders. Her comments come days after the Israeli Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committees approved two bills designed to bar the U.N. agency for Palestinians from operating “any institution, provide […]