The Israeli parliament has approved a controversial bill to ban the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), considered a lifeline for Gaza, from operating on Israeli territory.
The legislation, which won’t take effect immediately, risks collapsing the already fragile aid distribution process at a moment when the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is worsening, and Israel is under increased pressure to allow in aid supplies.
The vote passed 92-10 and followed a fiery debate between supporters of the law and its opponents, primarily members of Arab parliamentary parties.
The worst is that they not only create a very dangerous precedent, but also they are barring UNRWA without providing any alternative to it.
The irony is that they are attacking the same institution thanks to which their state exists today and also the institution which was created for the world to try to avoid global conflicts like WWII.