Delegitimizing UNRWA's role is a dangerous precedent

The Knesset decision, which was taken yesterday in the second and third readings, to ban the role of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, in Jerusalem and inside, is a dangerous precedent that violates the United Nations charters under international law, which Israel disregards.

This unjust decision, in addition to depriving tens of thousands of Palestinians of their rights that they obtain from the activities and services of the UN agency, aims to distort the role and reputation of the agency and is another attempt to delegitimize it, and to limit its humanitarian role in providing development services to Palestinian refugees. It is one of the most dangerous measures that extend to include all aspects of life, after Israel destroyed all the components in the Gaza Strip, and destroyed the camps of the West Bank as well.

At a time when extremist and rebellious Israel is taking a decision against this institution, it is aiming to liquidate the refugee issue once and for all in another episode added to the chain of episodes of displacement and forced displacement of refugees. In addition, this decision is considered against the world and the United Nations, which formed this institution to carry out its humanitarian and developmental duty, and it has no relation to the events of October 7, as Israel claims.

The Commissioner-General of the Agency condemned this dangerous decision, as did the Palestinian presidency, the Fatah movement, the Department of Refugee Affairs in the PLO, and the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, amid warnings against the continuation of the campaign of malicious allegations against UNRWA, with the aim of assassinating its services and obstructing its efforts in light of the catastrophic conditions caused by Israel since October 7, 2023, and which are used as a justification for further punitive policies.

The entire world must act immediately, urgently and urgently against Israel, as a racist state that does not enjoy international legitimacy, and deprive it of this legitimacy, towards complete political isolation. The United States, which supports this resolution, is the one that provides Israel with all the means to continue its defiance of the international community, its stubbornness and its violation of all charters and norms. Its policies of domination over the peoples of the Middle East and its leniency towards Israel must be confronted.

This decision has disastrous consequences, targeting Palestinian refugees and liquidating their cause, as Israeli laws prohibit dealing with UNRWA as an international organization and make it a target for the occupation.

It is clear that the Israeli government is continuing its policies, violations and programmed war against the UN agency, in attempts to strip the Palestinians of their inherent right to return, stressing that the right of refugees can never be waived and is a right guaranteed by international law and international legitimacy resolutions.

Free people of the world are required to come forward and raise their voices in order to pressure Israel to abolish its racist laws, and international courts must take the necessary decisions against Israel to prevent the implementation of this decision on the ground.