Gaza, 29 July 2024 (TDI): The State of Palestine condemns the concerted efforts by Israel, the occupying power, to undermine and terminate the vital operations and provision of services by the United Nations (UN) and other international agencies, including UNRWA.
In addition to proceeding with legislation that preposterously attempts to expel and brand UNRWA as a “terrorist organization”, the Israeli government and occupation forces are limiting the presence, access, and operations of organizations mandated by the United Nations across the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem.
This, in addition to not renewing visas of UN staff, relentless incitement and targeting of humanitarian workers as well as the killing of the highest number of UN workers in the organization’s history.
This unparalleled hostile Israeli campaign against UN agencies, offices, and staff violently contradicts the spirit and obligations of States under the United Nations Charter.
Such rogue conduct, in addition to the occupying power’s prolific violations of peremptory norms of international law, disqualifies Israel from the rights and privileges of law-abiding members of the United Nations.
Moreover, Palestine will be working with other like-minded states to strip the illegal occupying power of those privileges. There will be no business as usual for pariah states.
Also Read: Palestine condemns Israel’s church taxation move
On Friday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the State of Palestine welcomed the decision of the new British government to withdraw the request submitted by the previous government to the International Criminal Court to intervene in granting additional immunity to Israeli war criminals to achieve justice.
The Ministry appreciates the positions of the British government, including the courageous positions it expressed towards adopting international law and human rights as the basis for its foreign relations, and that the Palestinian issue is an issue of human rights and international law, and this means that cooperation between the State of Palestine and Britain will be strengthened in the coming days.
...(Read More)){kind=link}