UNRWA petitions Israel’s Supreme Court, demanding the court halt planned demolitions and overturn a law passed by the Knesset barring the agency’s operations in Israel.
The United Nations relief agency UNRWA has petitioned the Israeli Supreme Court to halt the demolition of UNRWA facilities in Jerusalem, and to overturn a law passed by the Knesset that targeted the UN agency over its ties to Gaza terror groups including Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
On Tuesday, Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel filed an urgent petition with the Supreme Court, seeking an interim injunction freezing planned demolitions of UNRWA facilities in Jerusalem, and barring the implementation of a law outlawing the provision of utilities – including water and electricity – to UNRWA sites.
UNRWA has already challenged the Israeli law, passed last month, with an appeal to the Supreme Court.