UN Security Council Upset Over Israel Laws Curbing Hamas Linked UNRWA

Perhaps the security council should be more concerned with how much UNRWA works with a terrorist organization and how many employees are Hamas members

UN Security Council members warn Israel over laws curbing UNRWA

Members of the United Nations Security council warned Israel on Wednesday against proceeding with a law aimed at curbing the UN’s Palestinian refugees agency.

Israel has long been at odds with the agency known as UNRWA and alleged that some of its employees were involved in the October 7 Hamas attacks that triggered the war in Gaza.

The Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee in Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, approved two bills on Sunday essentially aimed at ending UNRWA’s activity and privileges in Israel. These bills were quickly condemned by UN chief Antonio Guterres.

Washington’s envoy to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said Wednesday that the United States was “following with deep concern the Israeli legislative proposal that could alter UNRWA’s legal status.”

She said it risked “hindering its ability to communicate with Israeli officials and removing privileges and immunities afforded to UN organizations and personnel around the globe.”

Does Linda realize that Hamas is a designated terrorist organization by the U.S. State Department, which is the agency she works for?

Algeria, which along with Slovenia called the emergency Security Council meeting on the crisis in the Palestinian territories, said “for years, the Israeli authorities has made clear its desire, its will to dismantle UNRWA.”

“It symbolizes the Palestinian refugees and their inviolable rights. We reiterate that the rights of Palestinian refugees are not subject to statutes of limitation,” said Amar Bendjama, ambassador of non-permanent Security Council member Algeria.

So, Algeria is saying that UNRWA symbolizes how Hamas runs Gaza?

All UN Security Council members that spoke were unanimous in calling for Israel to respect UNRWA’s work and to protect its staff.

Huh. Remember this?

• UN fires additional staffers after probe finds potential involvement in Oct. 7 attack on Israel
• Surprise: Hamas Has Been Using UN Vehicles, UNRWA Compound
• Surprise: UNRWA Caught Stealing And Selling Humanitarian Aid For Gazans
• Top Hamas commander killed in Lebanon was UNRWA employee placed on administrative leave
• UN says nine employees ‘may have been involved’ in October 7 Hamas attack
• UPDATED: Evidence Of UNRWA Aid To Hamas On And After October 7th

This is not something new for UNRWA, but, was something that was continuing to grow with the connections between Hamas and UNRWA.

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