Guterres condemns Israel’s plan to label UNRWA a terrorist organisation
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has strongly spoken out against a law proposed by the Israeli parliament that would classify the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) as a terrorist organisation. Such a law, Guterres said in New York, would “suffocate” efforts to ease human suffering and reduce tensions in the Gaza Strip, as well as in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. “It would be a catastrophe in an already complete disaster,” he added. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox He has therefore written directly to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to express his “deep concern” about the proposed law, “which could prevent UNRWA from continuing its vital work in the occupied Palestinian territories,” he said. The Israeli parliament is planning to pass a law that would classify UNRWA as a terrorist organisation and, according to media reports, ban its work on Israeli territory. A parliamentary committee approved a ...