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The Israeli parliament has approved a controversial bill to ban the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), considered a lifeline for Gaza, from operating on Israeli territory.

The legislation, which won’t take effect immediately, risks collapsing the already fragile aid distribution process at a moment when the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is worsening, and Israel is under increased pressure to allow in aid supplies.

The vote passed 92-10 and followed a fiery debate between supporters of the law and its opponents, primarily members of Arab parliamentary parties.

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[–] JRepin@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's way past time that UN bans Israel from their institutions and puts heavy sanctions on them for their genocide and other crimes against humanity.

[–] prodigalsorcerer@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The UN first has to acknowledge that a genocide is taking place.

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 14 hours ago

They could just do it because of the attacks Israel is doing against UN personnel and institution/agencies if they want to wait for it to legally be ruled a genocide.

Or because they keep openly being against any diplomatic efforts.