UNRWA

2024 - 10 - 30

Kun Israel ottaa tuulta purjeisiinsa, UNRWA riskissä jäädä ilman bensaa!

Gaza - humanitaarinen tilanne - Israelin Knesset - Palestiinalaiset - UNRWA - Yhdistyneet Kansakunnat

Miksi UNRWA:n kielto saattaa tarkoittaa kyykkyä Gazassa? Katsotaan, mitä tapahtuu, kun poliittiset päätökset iskevät humanitaariseen apuun!

Äskettäin Yhdistyneiden Kansakuntien turvallisuusneuvosto antoi voimakasta varoitusta Israelille sen pyrkimyksistä purkaa UNRWA:n — YK:n järjestön, joka vastaa Palestiinan pakolaisten auttamisesta. Tämä lausunto saapui tärkeysjärjestyksessä juuri sen jälkeen, kun Israelin Knesset hyväksyi lakeja, jotka tehokkaasti kieltävät UNRWA:n toiminnot. Tämä päätös on saanut huomiota paitsi kansainväliseltä yhteisöltä, myös Gazan asukkailta, jotka elävät jo valmiiksi valtavassa köyhyydessä ja epätoivossa. Husseinin tarina on vain jäävuoren huippu: perheet, jotka luottavat UNRWA:n tarjoamaan apuun, saattavat pian jäädä tyhjien käsien kanssa.

UNRWA:n kieltäminen herättää monia kysymyksiä — onko Israel oikeassa vai onko se vain heittämässä lisää öljyä tuleen? Kritiikkiä on tullut niin poliittisilta päättäjiltä kuin kansalaisilta, jotka pelkäävät, että ilman UNRWA:a Gazassa syntyy autiomaata kärsimykselle. Israelin YK:n suurlähettiläs puolustaa päätöstään ilmoittamalla, että UNRWA:n "palkkalista muistuttaa kaikkein etsityimpien listaa". Onko kyseessä siis turvallisuus? Eikö palestiinalaisilla ole oikeutta toimeentuloon ilman pelkoa? Tämän lopputuloksen myötä taloudellinen ja sosiaalinen rakenteellinen tuho saattaa olla käden ulottuvilla.

On syytä muistaa, että UNRWA ei pelkästään jakaa ruoka-apua — se on myös koulutus- ja terveyspalveluiden tarjoaja, joka on vuosien saatossa auttanut miljoonia palestiinalaisia. Gazassa se ei ainoastaan ylläpidä elämää, vaan tarjoaa myös toivoa nuoremmille sukupolville. EU ja muut kansainväliset avustusjärjestöt ovat jo ilmaisseet huolensa rikkoutuvasta järjestelmästä, mikä saattaa johtaa uudenlaisiin konflikteihin ja nälänhätään.

Viimeiseksi, aikaisemmat kriisit ovat opettaneet meidät, että kun apu loppuu, seuraukset voivat olla tuhoisat. UNRWA on ollut pelastuksena Gazan asukkaille satojen asioiden kautta, mukaan lukien koulut, terveydenhuolto ja sosiaaliset palvelut, joten sen rooli ei ole vain rajattu elämän ylläpitämiseen. Jos tämä toiminta lopetetaan, huomion keskipisteenä on erityisesti se, kuinka se vaikuttaa nuoriin ihmisiin, jotka tarvitsevat toivoa ja mahdollisuuksia. Suosikkinäyttelyn tavoin UNRWA on näytellyt näytöksessään valtavaa roolia Palestiinan kansan tarinassa.

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UN Security Council warns against attempts to dismantle UNRWA (Reuters)

The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday "strongly warned against any attempts to dismantle or diminish" the operations and mandate of the U.N. ...

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Politics and starvation: Gaza learns of Israel's decision to ban UNRWA (Aljazeera.com)

Until this morning, 38-year-old Hussam Abu Ghaban had not heard of the Israeli Knesset's decision to ban the UN agency responsible for his family's welfare.

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Israel's decision to ban UNRWA will significantly worsen ... (Doctors Without Borders)

If implemented, the ban on UNRWA's activities would have catastrophic implications on the dire humanitarian situation of Palestinians living in Gaza, as well as ...

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UNRWA is deeply flawed, but strategic wisdom of banning agency is ... (The Times of Israel)

Jerusalem has for years warned of agency's complicity in terrorism and incitement, to no avail; but its central role in Gaza aid efforts could create ...

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Israeli UN envoy: UNRWA 'payroll resembles a most-wanted list ... (JNS.org)

Danny Danon, Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, addresses the U.N. Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East on Oct. 29, 2024. Credit: ...

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Hillel Neuer on ABC Australia: "UNRWA is rotten to the core." - UN ... (UN Watch)

Gemma Veness, ABC Australia: Hillel Neuer is the Executive Director of UN Watch. It's a Geneva-based NGO whose stated mission is to monitor the performance of ...

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Banning UNRWA will lead to a vacuum and more suffering for ... (The Associated Press)

The head of the U.N. agency caring for Palestinian refugees says that newly passed Israeli laws effectively banning its activities in Israel will leave a ...

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Stories from the UN Archive: What UNRWA built (UN News)

Education, health care, humanitarian and social services, camps for displaced people, including in times of armed conflict. These are just some of the ...

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What Are the Implications of Israel Banning UNRWA? (The New York Times)

Many humanitarian agencies have expressed fears that two measures enacted in Israel on Monday that ban UNRWA, the U.N. agency aiding Palestinians, ...

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Israel's UNRWA ban will lead to more suffering for Palestinians, aid ... (PBS NewsHour)

The head of the U.N. agency caring for Palestinian refugees said Wednesday that newly passed Israeli laws effectively banning its activities in Israel will ...

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What to know about UNRWA, the U.N. organization banned by Israel (The Washington Post)

A pair of laws passed by the Israeli Knesset this week, however, could imperil the ability of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees to work in Gaza.

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Why Israel's UNRWA ban could be devastating for Palestinians (NBC News)

UNRWA provides far more than humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip. In this impoverished enclave, the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees acts ...

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UNICEF statement on Israeli legislation on UNRWA (UNICEF)

NEW YORK, 30 October 2024 - "UNRWA is the main UN agency providing essential services and protection to Palestinians in the West Bank, including East ...

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Israel's outlawing of UNRWA will make life 'unbearable' for ... (Aljazeera.com)

Israel banned the UN aid agency as part of broader attempt to expel Palestinians from their land, analysts say.

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UNRWA Ban Is 70 Years Overdue (Middle East Forum)

On October 28, 2024, Israel's Knesset banned the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) from operating in ...

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Israeli laws blocking UNRWA – devastating humanitarian impact for ... (UN News)

On Monday Israel's parliament (the Knesset) voted in favour of legislation targeting the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA), which could effectively ...

Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the ... (EU News)

The European Union takes note of the Israeli legislation on UNRWA, which has just been adopted. The EU condemns any attempt to abrogate the 1967 agreement ...

UNICEF statement on Israeli legislation on UNRWA | UNRWA (UNRWA)

"UNRWA is the main UN agency providing essential services and protection to Palestinians in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and is the backbone of ...

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Israel Unrwa ban: How Palestine's health, education and food ... (Middle East Eye)

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians rely on the UN agency's services in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem.

There is no alternative to UNRWA: UN Secretary-General (UN Web TV)

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres says there is no alternative to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), ...

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UNRWA chief says Israeli forces damaged agency's West Bank ... (Reuters)

Israeli bulldozers damaged the office of U.N. aid agency UNRWA in the West Bank's Nur Shams camp on Thursday, the agency's chief said, with Israel disputing ...

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Potentially 'deadly' consequences could arise from Israel's UNRWA ... (UN News)

The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday that Israeli legislation to shut down the main lifeline for Palestine refugees in Gaza “will be deadly” if ...

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Palestine blames Israel for damaging UNRWA's West Bank offices ... (Euronews)

The offices of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees have been heavily damaged during an Israeli raid in a West Bank refugee camp. The official Palestinian ...

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How will Israel's new anti-UNRWA laws impact the controversial ... (The Times of Israel)

The Knesset passed legislation on Monday to severely limit the operations of the UNRWA Palestinian aid agency in Israel and in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

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Israel's relations with the UN hit a new low with Unrwa ban (The Conversation AU)

The decision also prompts questions about what lies ahead for the increasingly divisive relationship between the government of Benjamin Netanyahu and the UN.

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The UNRWA meltdown - JNS.org (JNS.org)

A view of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) offices in Jerusalem on Oct. 29, 2024. Photo by Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90.

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