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submitted 5 months ago by breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca to c/world@lemmy.world

Israel has given the UN a proposal to dismantle Unrwa, its relief agency in the Palestinian territories, and transfer its staff to a replacement agency to make large-scale food deliveries into Gaza, according to UN sources.

The proposal was presented late last week by the Israeli chief of the general staff, Lt Gen Herzi Halevi, to UN officials in Israel, who forwarded it to the organisation’s secretary general, António Guterres, on Saturday, sources familiar with the discussions said.

Unrwa was not involved in the talks as the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have been refusing to deal with it since last Monday, on the basis of claims, so far unproven, of affiliations of some of the agency’s staff with Hamas or Islamic Jihad.

Israel insists it is prepared to allow large amounts of aid into Gaza and that the limiting factor is UN capacity. Its decision not to cooperate with Unrwa severely affects that capacity.

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[-] nearhat@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

It would be doable, only after the dismantlement of the apartheid regime, the establishment of a unitary secular state for all citizens, the full right of return of all Palestinian refugees and their descendants, and just compensation for their losses. Otherwise, it’s more Zionist bleating.

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