Arab League Condemns Zionist Occupation’s Approval of Law Cutting Electricity, Water to UNRWA

The Arab League condemned on Tuesday the Zionist occupation’s approval of a law providing for the cutting off of electricity and water to the offices of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), as part of the years-long targeting of the agency.

In a statement, the General Secretariat of the Arab League affirmed that this law constitutes a continuation of the illegal legislation issued by the Zionist occupation banning the work of the UNRWA in the occupied Palestinian territories, which “represents a flagrant violation” of the immunities and privileges of United Nations agencies and a blatant challenge to the UN General Assembly resolution concerning the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the obligations of the Zionist entity toward the United Nations, international organizations, and other states in the occupied Palestinian territory, including occupied East Al Quds.

The Arab League warned that the law, which entered into force immediately after its ratification, “will have catastrophic repercussions and will undermine UNRWA’s ability to carry out its UN-mandated tasks of providing essential services to Palestinian refugees in the occupied Palestinian territories, which are indispensable and irreplaceable, especially in the Gaza Strip, as well as its fundamental role in reconstruction efforts.” The General Secretariat called on the international community to assume its legal and moral responsibilities and to confront Zionist decisions and practices targeting UNRWA, including the adoption of punitive measures against the occupation to compel it to reverse these laws and comply with international law and international legitimacy resolutions.