The decision not only leaves Palestinians without aid during wartime, but also cuts off their path home by challenging their right of return, advocates say.
The Palestinian key of return is pictured near a UNRWA centre n the Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, February 5, 2024 .
The laws, which will take effect within three months, will dismantle the agency's 70-year strong extensive humanitarian support system for Palestinians. But the ban on the relief agency runs deeper than suspending basic aid for people most in need. Experts suggest it extends to the very core of the Palestinian cause - the right of return.Since 1949, UNRWA has worked to offer food security, education and health services to Palestinians, services that should be handled by Israel as the occupying power, under international law.
Israel's gov have been literally revealing their 3-stage plan to destroy UNRWA for weeks like a James Bond supervillain. The US et. al know this 💯backdrop of reports Monday's vote was seen as an opportunity for Israel to pass through laws that would implement its long-standing goal, to grow its control over occupied Palestinian territories.:"Several Knesset members mentioned the passing of the law as a 'historic moment for Israel', and mentioned the context of the right of return of the Palestinian refugees.
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