The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA, has warned that millions of Palestinians will plunge into chaos unless UN member states intervene to stop the enforcement of Zionist laws banning the agency.
“Without intervention by member states, UNRWA will collapse, plunging millions of Palestinians into chaos,” Philippe Lazzarini told the UN General Assembly (UNGA), adding that his agency is facing its “darkest hour”.
The UNGA met in New York on Wednesday, more than a week after the Zionist parliament, the Knesset, approved two laws that bar UNRWA from operating in Zionist-controlled areas and severely limit its activities in the occupied West Bank and the besieged Gaza Strip. The laws will take effect 90 days after their approval on October 29.
“Since the beginning of the war in Gaza, “Israeli” officials have described dismantling UNRWA as a war goal. The Knesset legislation serves this objective”, Lazzarini said at the UNGA meeting, according to a press release by UNRWA.
He added that Zionist entity’s “intention goes beyond undermining UNRWA and the United Nations. It seeks to end Palestinians’ right to self-determination, and aspiration for a just political solution.”
