The Israeli parliament on Monday approved a controversial bill banning the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) from operating on Israeli territory next year.
The UN organization is the main humanitarian aid provider in the Gaza Strip, and the move risks preventing the agency from working in the Palestinian Territories too, as Israel controls the border crossings.
UN Secretary General António Guterres warned against the plan, saying it would “stifle” efforts to alleviate human suffering and tensions in the Gaza Strip, and also in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, earlier this month.
