Palestine official calls for Israel’s ouster from UN over UNRWA ban
The president of the Palestinian National Council, Rawhi Fattouh, has called for Israel’s expulsion from the United Nations if it fails to reverse its ban on UNRWA functioning in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory.
Fattouh said Israel’s decision is in clear violation of the UN Charter and part of Israel’s policy is “ethnic cleansing”, Wafa news agency reported.
He urged UN member states to hold a General Assembly session to compel Israel to reverse its legislation or face legal consequences that could result in expulsion from the world body.
The ban on the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) not only jeopardises the rights of refugees but also undermines international legitimacy and goes against UN resolutions concer
Irish PM calls on EU to review trade relations with Israel
The Republic of Ireland’s Prime Minister Simon Harris has called on the EU to review its ties with Israel following its ban on the UN agency for Palestinian refugees.
“The most important action that the European Union could take right now is reviewing trade relations,” Harris told reporters in Dublin. “What Israel and the Israeli Knesset did last night was despicable, disgraceful and shameful. More people will die, more children will starve,” he said.
Harris said there’s “no alternative” to UNRWA and will discuss “how Europe now needs to find the moral courage … to act in relation to this”.
Ireland, Spain, Belgium, and Slovenia, which all recognised Palestinian statehood earlier this year, have been calling for the bloc to take more action on the war, he added.
Spain cancels purchase of police ammunition from Israeli firm
Spain cancelled a contract to buy ammunition from an Israeli firm, widening a Spanish pledge not to sell weapons to Israel to include purchases, too.
Madrid said it would stop arms sales to Israel in October 2023, when Israel’s war started in Gaza. “The Spanish government maintains the commitment not to sell weapons to the Israeli state since the armed conflict broke out in the territory of Gaza,” the Interior Ministry said in a statement.
Cadena SER radio earlier reported that the Civil Guard police force agreed to buy more than 15 million 9mm rounds for $6.48m (6m euros) from Guardian LTD Israel.
