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   On 2024-11-01 9:23 p.m., NefeshBarYochai wrote:   
   > Beirut, Lebanon – Israel’s much-criticised banning of the United   
   > Nations Palestinian aid agency (UNRWA) is part of a broader attempt to   
   > undermine the rights of Palestinian refugees and expel them from the   
   > occupied territories, analysts have told Al Jazeera.   
   >   
   > The ban on the agency takes effect in three months and will exacerbate   
   > an already catastrophic situation in Gaza and the West Bank, including   
   > in East Jerusalem.   
   >   
   > “The latest legislation is part of a campaign [by Israel] to kill any   
   > aid infrastructure,” said Tahani Mustafa, an expert on Israel and   
   > Palestine for International Crisis Group, a non-profit dedicated to   
   > conflict resolution.   
   >   
   > “But it is also part of a broader objective to permanently remove   
   > Palestinians from their land,” she told Al Jazeera.   
   >   
   > As the largest aid provider to Palestinian refugees, UNRWA has played   
   > an instrumental role in keeping people alive in Gaza, where civilians   
   > face a risk of genocide, according to the International Court of   
   > Justice.   
   >   
   > Over the last year, Israel has uprooted almost the entire population   
   > of 2.3 million people and killed some 43,000 in Gaza. The war started   
   > after a Hamas-led attack on southern Israel, during which 1,139 people   
   > were killed, and about 250 were taken captive.   
   >   
   > Palestinians in Gaza have been living under an Israeli-imposed land,   
   > sea and air blockade since 2007, leading rights groups to refer to the   
   > enclave as an “open-air prison”.   
   >   
   > Israel now appears to be trying to depopulate Gaza by terminating   
   > UNRWA’s services, an irreplaceable lifeline for the population,   
   > according to analysts.   
   >   
   > “It seems very clear from the way Israel is carrying out this war…that   
   > Israel is trying to make life so difficult in Gaza that people leave,”   
   > said Khaled Elgindy, an expert on Israel and Palestine and a senior   
   > fellow for the Middle East Institute.   
   >   
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   > https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/31/israel-outlaws-un-ai   
   -agency-to-make-life-unbearable-for-palestinians   
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   It's up to UNRWA to PROVE, behind a shadow of a doubt, that they   
   properly vet their employees.  Israel was well within their right to use   
   strong measures to keep out "wolves in sheep's clothing".   
      
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