Israel says a number of the UN company’s employees members had been concerned in Hamas’s October 7 assaults.
The United Nations Aid and Works Company for Palestine Refugees – UNRWA – presents a lifeline for practically 6 million individuals.
Established in 1949, its mission is to offer aid to Palestinians compelled from their properties when the state of Israel was created and for his or her nonetheless displaced descendants.
Now, the company’s future – and that of those that rely on it to outlive – is below menace.
A number of Western nations have suspended their funding to UNRWA within the wake of Israeli accusations that a few of its employees members had been concerned within the assaults by Hamas on southern Israel on October 7.
The company has dismissed some staff and opened an investigation
What influence will the help suspension have on the Palestinian individuals – each in Gaza and past?
Presenter: Nastasya Tay
Company:
Samir Zaqout – Palestinian rights and social activist who lives in Gaza and has been displaced by Israel’s warfare
Ardi Imseis – professor of worldwide legislation at Queen’s College and former authorized counsel to UNRWA
Raymond Johansen – secretary-general of Norwegian Individuals’s Help and former Norwegian state secretary for international affairs