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Israel stops issuing visas to international aid organisations: Report
A representative for Israel’s National Security Council has told a confidential Knesset meeting that the Welfare Ministry, which handles visa issuance, had said it lacks the resources to review or monitor the organisations’ applications, according to Israel’s Haaretz newspaper.
The paper said the council is working on forming a team that would choose which applications to approve.
The team is to include representatives from several agencies, including the Shin Bet security agency, the police and a Defence Ministry unit, Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), the report added.
Israel renews ‘anti-Semitism’ jibe against EU’s Borrell after criticism
Israel’s foreign minister has again accused EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell of “anti-Semitism” after he expressed outrage at the killing of UN staff in Israeli air strikes in Gaza.
“Josep Borrell is an anti-Semite and Israel-hater who consistently tries to pass resolutions and sanctions against Israel in the EU, only to be blocked by most member states,” Foreign Minister Israel Katz said in a statement.
On Thursday, Borrell said he was “outraged” by the killing of six employees from the UN agency for Palestinian refugees after Israel attacked a UN school-turned-shelter for displaced people in central Gaza the day before.
The attack flattened part of the al-Jaouni school. Gaza’s Civil Defence agency said at least 18 people were killed. UNRWA said six of its staff were among the dead. It was the deadliest single incident for the agency.
Netanyahu government is ‘paralysed and disconnected’: Gantz
Former Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz says, “Netanyahu’s paralysed and fragmented government continues to neglect northern residents” – referring to people living near the border with Lebanon who have fled their homes as Israel and Hezbollah continue to exchange fire.
Writing on X, the State Party leader said: “It is time to exercise power and authority against Hezbollah and return the residents to their homes safely.”
