Israel orders UNRWA to stop operating in the country because of terrorist connections: ‘Failed in his mandate’

The Israeli government ordered United Nations The Assistance and Work Agency (UNRWA) to stop operating in the country, in force today, January 30, 2025. This decision is followed by years of increasing charges against the agency, including claims of involvement in the Hamas terrorist group.

The move indicates the highlight of the long -standing effort of Israel to distance himself from the organization, which he accuses of undergoing his national security.

The Israeli legislation, adopted in October 2024, explicitly forbids UNRWA to act on the Israeli sovereign territory. The law also forbids any communication or cooperation between Israeli officials and UNRWA representatives. According to the new rules, all UNRWA objects in Jerusalem, including those in the Mayalot Dafni and Kafr Aqab, must be evacuated. Legislation also deals with accusations that UNRWA has enabled Hamas to infiltrate its ranks.

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Israeli UN Ambassador Danny Danon defended the decision In the UN Tuesday, stating: “It is unbearable that any sovereign state facilitates the operation of the agency that threatens its national security.”

Danon said that the move was not politically motivated, but instead was guided by years of alleged failures by UNRWA, including claims about companies in terrorism. “This decision reflects the reality that UNRWA failed in his mandate, and the people who were supposed to benefit from his services were not able to be able to do,” Danon said.

UNRWA General Philippe Lazzarini’s commissioner fiercely opposed Israel’s actions, calling a “catastrophic” prohibition.

Speaking to the UN Security Council Tuesday, Lazzarini claimed that the complete implementation of the Israeli legislation would be distinguished by humanitarian efforts in Gaza and the west coast. “Since October 2023, we have given two thirds all the help of food, have provided a haven over a million displaced persons and vaccinated a quarter of a million children against Polio,” Lazzarini said. “We spend about 17,000 medical consultations daily.”

“Nine days ago, long -awaited the interruption of the fire in the gauze He started, “Lazzarini continued.” We won the return of Israeli hostages and closed Palestine to our families. We are encouraged by pronounced improvements in the flow of humanitarian aid and working conditions. We hope that the truce will be kept and that a huge suffering in Gaza will decrease. UNRWA is the biggest presence of UN Gazi, with 13,000 staff and 300 spaces. An unattorted attack on UNRWA is damaging to the life and future of Palestinians, “warned Lazzarini.

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The Israeli Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday: “Humanitarian aid is not equal to the UNRWA, and UNRWA does not give humanitarian aid. UNRWA is equal to the organization infected with the Hamas terrorist activities. Because of this, starting today, Israel will not have contact with UNRWA. There are more alternative UNRWA organizations – including UN agencies, international non -governmental organizations and foreign countries – which are already acting to facilitate the humanitarian aid in Gaza, and their role will only increase. “

The Israeli member of the Yulia Malinovsky Parliament, one of the authors of legislation, expressed her support from the decision.

“I watched the hypocrisy of many UN Security Council countries this week. Their representatives talked about how UNRWA is an irreplaceable part of the gauze reconstruction and that it cannot act without it. Well, no, unrwa only brings to people’s suffering, and just like Hamas, that destroyed Gaza, “she told Fox News Digital.

“This organization is a terrorist organization that killed, raped and abducted innocent civilians,” she said, referring to the accusations that UNRWA employees participated in the Massacre on October 7th and kept hostage in their homes.

The move follows Decision of Trump’s administration To look at stopped by a side of help with various groups. Last year, the Congress paused for UNRWA after charges that UNRWA employees were involved in October 7th.

The UN and international community are now facing the challenge of filling the emptiness that the Agency left, while Israel made it clear that he would not retreat in the fight against what he perceives as a terrorism that masks as help, but it is clear that he will be willing Work with other UN agencies.

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On Tuesday, Danon reiterated that: “Israel remains dedicated to its obligations to international law and we confirm our willingness to cooperate with other UN agencies that terror is not up to.”

Malinovsky, stated that the international pressure to cancel Israel’s decision is unnecessary. “We are an independent and sovereign state and we will not compromise our national defense and interests. Today, UNRWA will complete its business in Israel, and all direct or indirect contact with it will stop.”