Joshua Simmons, the US state department’s legal adviser, has said Israel ‘has no obligation to permit Unrwa specifically to provide humanitarian assistance’, adding that there are serious concerns about the impartiality of Unrwa, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees.
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Israel banned all cooperation with Unrwa’s activities in Gaza and the occupied West Bank this year, claiming the agency had been infiltrated by Hamas, an allegation that is fiercely contested
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