The Knessets' two bills blocking UNRWA's activities in Israel "would be a catastrophe," said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday.
He further asserted that UNRWA has been "indispensable" in the midst of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
“That’s why I have written directly to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to express profound concern about draft legislation that could prevent UNRWA from continuing its essential work in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,” he said at the Security Council stakeout in New York, referencing his appeal to Netanyahu last week to stop the bills.
Guterres's statements come after the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee approved the two bills on Monday so that they could move on to the plenum for their second and third readings.
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He further asserted that UNRWA has been "indispensable" in the midst of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
“That’s why I have written directly to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to express profound concern about draft legislation that could prevent UNRWA from continuing its essential work in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,” he said at the Security Council stakeout in New York, referencing his appeal to Netanyahu last week to stop the bills.
Guterres's statements come after the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee approved the two bills on Monday so that they could move on to the plenum for their second and third readings.
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Guterres: Knesset bill blocking UNRWA in Israel 'would be a disaster'
The UN Secretary-General further asserted that Israel's conduct with the war is 'fundamentally wrong'
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