Knesset passes law barring UNRWA from operating in Israel

"The Knesset on Monday evening approved, with a historic majority of 92 out of 120 MKs, the bills to ban UNRWA activities in the territories of Israel. Only 10 MKs voted against the bills, with the Opposition parties National Unity, Yisrael Beytenu, and Yesh Atid supporting it. The Democrats party abstained.

Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chairman MK Yuli Edelstein, who presented the bills this evening, called them ‘historic’ and stated, ‘UNWRA long ago ceased to be a humanitarian aid agency, but in addition to it being an integral supporter of terror and hate, is an agency to eternalize poverty and suffering. The rationale is simple – in order to survive, UNWRA created demand for the product it provides. The circle of horror ended today, they are out!’

MK Boaz Bismuth, one of the initiators of the bills, stated, ‘UNRWA terrorists, your story here ends - enemies have no right to exist in the State of Israel.’..."