Israeli parliament passes law banning UN Palestinian refugee agency

Western nations concerned over how UNRWA will operate in war-torn Gaza

Business - Financial Times - October 29

Middle East crisis live: world leaders express ‘grave concern’ at Israeli vote to ban Unrwa; deadly airstrikes reported in Lebanon

Israel passes bill dealing huge blow to humanitarian efforts in Gaza and the West Bank; at least 60 people killed in latest reported strikes . . The Israeli army told residents in parts of ...

World - The Guardian - October 29

Israel passes law banning UN humanitarian relief agency for Palestinians

Israel passed a law on Monday banning the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), according to multiple reports. Israel’s legislature, the Knesset, ...

Politics - The Hill - October 29

Gaza aid fears as Israel bans UN Palestinian refugee agency

Israel passes two laws which Western governments fear could have devastating consequences for civilians in the Gaza Strip.

Israel’s Parliament Passes Bills Banning UNRWA, Agency That Aids Palestinians

Most of the provisions of the laws, which could threaten UNRWA’s work by barring its operations in the country, will not take effect for three months.

World - The New York Times - October 29

Israel withdraws from agreement with UN agency for Palestinian refugees

Israel notified the United Nations on Monday that it was withdrawing from the 1967 agreement with UNRWA, the main aid agency for Palestinian refugees, following passage of two laws in the country’s ...

Politics - The Hill - November 4

Israeli lawmakers pass second law to restrict the main UN agency providing aid to Gaza, and designate it a terror group

World - ABC News - October 28

Israel bans UNRWA, the U.N. relief agency for Palestinian refugees

Israel's parliament voted Monday to ban the operations of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, the main humanitarian aid agency operating in Gaza.

Hezbollah announces new leader, Israel bans U.N. Palestinian Refugee Agency

The Lebanese-based Hezbollah militant group says it has appointed Naim Qassem as its new leader after the killing of Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike last month. Meanwhile, Israeli ...

Updates: Israel’s Parliament Passes Bill That Threatens Work of U.N. Agency for Palestinians

The Knesset opened its winter session and approved legislation that banned the agency known as UNRWA from operating in Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his spy chief was back home ...

World - The New York Times - October 29

Israel passes laws to restrict the work of a UN agency that is a lifeline for Gaza

Israel’s parliament has passed two laws that severely restrict the U.N. agency responsible for distributing aid in Gaza

World - ABC News - October 29

Middle East crisis live: US concerned by ‘horrifying’ Israeli airstrike that killed at least 93 civilians, including 20 children, in Gaza

US spokesperson says officials are asking Israel what happened, expressing ‘deep concern’ over loss of civilian lives. Al Jazeera has spoken with the director-general of the Gaza government’s media ...

World - The Guardian - October 29

Israel's parliament votes to ban a U.N relief agency in Israel

Israel's parliament voted to ban a U.N. relief agency from operating in Israel, a move that could threaten aid work in Gaza as the war rages there. Iran's foreign ministry said Iran “will use all ...

A new law allows Israel to deport the relatives of attackers. Experts expect it to be struck down

Israel’s parliament has passed a law that would allow it to deport family members of Palestinian attackers to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip or other locations

World - ABC News - November 7

Israeli strike in northern Gaza kills dozens, officials there say

An Israeli strike on a five-story building where displaced Palestinians were sheltering in the northern Gaza Strip killed at least 60 people, Gaza's Hamas-run Health Ministry said.

Israel's potential ban on Palestinian aid agency UNRWA raises concerns

UNRWA "really plays an irreplaceable role right now in Gaza, where they are on the front lines getting humanitarian assistance to the people that need it," U.S. State Department spokesperson ...

Banning UNRWA will lead to a vacuum and more suffering for Palestinians, the agency's chief says

The head of the U.N. agency caring for Palestinian refugees says that newly passed Israeli laws effectively banning its activities in Israel will leave a vacuum that will cost more lives and create ...

World - ABC News - October 31

Palestinian agency says 12 killed in Israeli strike in northern Gaza

World - Yahoo News - November 7

Israeli parliament votes to ban Unrwa from Israel within 90 days

Lawmakers also voted to declare UN relief agency a terror group, banning any direct interaction with Israeli state. Middle East crisis – latest updates Israel’s parliament has voted to ban the ...

World - The Guardian - October 28

Israel passes legislation that risks paralyzing the work of the main UN agency distributing aid in Gaza

World - ABC News - October 28

Israel's move to ban a UN agency raises alarm about aid to Gaza even as the implications are unclear

Israeli legislation cutting ties with the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees has raised fears that the largest provider of aid to Gaza could be shut out of the war-ravaged territory, even as the ...

World - ABC News - October 29

Egypt's parliament approves controversial asylum law

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Ben & Jerry’s claims Unilever ‘silenced’ it over support for Palestinian refugees

Owner rejects accusation it breached agreement allowing the brand to pursue its own social mission

Business - Financial Times - 6 days ago

Why Israel's UNRWA ban could be devastating for Palestinians

UNRWA, United Nations refugee agency for Palestinians, provides far more than humanitarian aid.

Pro-Palestinian protesters detained at banned demonstration in Amsterdam

Police detained people in Amsterdam for taking part in a demonstration that was outlawed after violent clashes targeting fans of an Israeli soccer club.

China passes energy law to 'promote carbon neutrality'

World - Yahoo News - November 8

Israel Cuts Ties With U.N. Agency, Creating New Hurdles for Palestinian Aid

The new laws effectively ban Unrwa from operating in Israeli territory and will make it harder for the agency to lead the humanitarian response to the Gaza war.

World - The Wall Street Journal - October 29

Israel officially informs U.N. of end to relations with Palestinian relief agency

Israel has officially notified the United Nations that it was cancelling the agreement that regulated its relations with the main U.N. relief organization for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) since ...

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