Rightwing activists demonstrate outside Unrwa office for third week over claims of links between staff members and Hamas
Dozens of Israeli settlers and rightwing activists have protested by again blocking the entrances of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees office in Jerusalem and calling for the body’s closure.
The UN has launched an internal and an independent investigation but has said Israel has not provided it with any evidence to support the claims against its staff. “We want the Israeli government to expel Unrwa from Israel,” said Roei Ben Dor, 21, from Gedera. “Unrwa is Hamas; their workers are affiliated with Hamas. We should be in Gaza, not just because of Hamas but because Gaza is ours. We have every right to take Gaza, to take Rafah. This is our land.”
UN staff working with Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have faced obstruction and harassment from the Israeli military and authorities since the conflict in Gaza began five months ago, according to internal UN documents obtained by the Guardian.
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