Israel urging UN agencies and aid groups to replace Unrwa
Israel is attempting to encourage UN agencies and aid groups to take over the work of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) in Gaza, Israel's ambassador said on Monday.
"We, the State of Israel, are working to find substitute to the act, to the work of Unrwa inside Gaza," Daniel Meron, Israel's ambassador to the UN in Geneva, told reporters.
Meron did not elaborate further, but said Israel was "encouraging the UN agencies and NGOs to take over each one in its own field that they specialise in".
Israel passed a law banning Unrwa from operating in the occupied Palestinian territorities in January.
The UN agency provides aid, health and education services to millions in the Palestinian territories, as well as the millions of Palestinians living in refugee camps in the neighbouring countries of Syria, Lebanon and Jordan.
