Aid distribution

What Israel’s ban on Unrwa may mean for Palestinians

Patrick Wintour

Israel this week insisted it would not back down over its plan to close the Gaza operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (Unrwa), even though critics said the move would jeopardise urgent humanitarian aid efforts. Israel ordered the UN agency to vacate its headquarters in East Jerusalem by Thursday this week, after the Knesset passed a law on 28 October banning its operations in Israel and the Palestinian territories. Earlier this week it had not said how it would implement a related law ending all Israeli government cooperation with Unrwa, which could come into force on the same day and strangle its operations in the West Bank and Gaza. The move comes as Unrwa and other aid groups have been able, as part of…

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Guardian Weekly (Digital) - 1 Issue, 31 January 2025

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