SAM SOKOL<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A bill prohibiting UNRWA from operating on Israeli state-owned land passed a preliminary reading in the Knesset 33-10 on Wednesday, following allegations that members of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees had taken part in Hamas\u2019s October 7 attack on Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUNRWA serves as a platform for incitement and education to hatred of Israel and harm of its Jewish residents. In the schools that it operates in Jerusalem, antisemitic content is studied, and the textbooks glorify terrorists who have murdered women and children,\u201d states an explanatory note to bill, which was sponsored by Likud MK Boaz Bismuth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe role of UNRWA is to deal with Palestinian refugees only, meaning that there is no room for it to give any services within the territory of the State of Israel,\u201d it continues, adding that \u201cUNRWA\u2019s institutions serve as fertile ground for committing actions and incitement against the State of Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe few services provided by UNRWA in Israeli territory are on a low level, and even the few residents who receive these services complain about this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To become law, the bill still needs to pass through committee and three additional readings in the plenum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier this week, Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf ordered the director general of the Israel Land Authority to evict the agency from any state land it is currently occupying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a letter, Goldknopf instructed Yaakov Quint to \u201cimmediately halt\u201d all agreements between the ILA and UNRWA \u201cand remove them from the territories leased to them\u201d by the state \u2014 such as the organization\u2019s offices in Ma\u2019alot Dafna and Kafr Aqab in Jerusalem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s unclear whether Goldknopf has the authority to execute the move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Israel has accused 12 UNRWA staffers of taking part in Hamas\u2019s attack on October 7, and last week the IDF showed reporters a Hamas data center located directly beneath UNRWA headquarters in Gaza City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Source: The Times of Israel)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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