UNRWA was founded in 1949 following the Nakba (Catastrophe), when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were forced from their homes during the Arab-Israeli war that led to the founding of the state of Israel. The ban on UNRWA has meant that it cannot operate in Israel, which is the occupying power that controls the points of entry into the Gaza Strip. Whyte said these obstacles are part of Israel’s use of humanitarian aid as a weapon of war, and evidence that Israel is “really trying to undermine every facet of Palestinian life in Gaza and to make the place unliveable, to the extent that they have almost succeeded in that.”
Author: David MacRedmond
Published at: 2025-11-09 21:00:52
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