Central Florida's Independent Jewish Voice
Central Florida's Independent Jewish Voice
B'tsalmo CEO Shai Glick (right) and a fellow activist paint over the UNRWA sign at the agency's former office in Jerusalem's Ma'alot Dafna neighborhood on Jan. 30, 2025.
By Canaan Lidor
(JNS)- Laws that ban UNRWA in Israel went into effect on Thursday, barring the United Nations aid agency for Palestinians from maintaining a presence or activities in that country, and prohibiting Israeli officials from engaging in contact with it.
Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel welcomed the development.
"UNRWA lies at the heart of the Arab-Jewish conflict. It has always been a non-neutral political organization, and it actually paved the way for October 7th. Any other country in the world would have shut down such an organization within 24 hours of its employee...
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