The Arab League strongly opposes the dissolution of UNRWA

The Secretary General of the Arab League has opposed any plan to dissolve the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), saying that the move is a moral and security mistake.

Feb 8, 2024 - 10:11
The Arab League strongly opposes the dissolution of UNRWA
The Arab League strongly opposes the dissolution of UNRWA

  Ahmed Aboul Gheit has said that the attempt of some countries to break UNRWA by stopping their financial aid to the United Nations organization is a wrong position from a human and moral point of view, and it is also wrong from a security point of view. The Secretary General of the Arab League has added that dangerous attitudes, including the issue of disbanding UNRWA, represent the demands of the extreme right-wing group of Israel, which is a prelude to making the world forget the issue of Palestinian refugees and ending the responsibility of the international community to the nation. that. At the same time, the Secretary General of the Arab League has praised the positions of Joseph Borrell, the Head of Foreign Policy of the European Union, and the countries that have rejected the call for the deliberate destruction of UNRWA, especially the support of Spain and Portugal for this organization , as well as the opposition of Norway and Ireland against cutting aid to the humanitarian aid organization. Ahmed Aboul Gheit said that 250,000 children study in UNRWA schools and more than 900,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip receive food aid from the UN organization. A few days ago, UN reporters announced that they strongly condemn any attempt to tarnish the image of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). The statement issued by the UN reporter regarding the suspension of financial aid of some countries to the UNRWA organization said: The countries have taken the decision after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) reached a "rational decision" regarding the Israeli genocide against the people of the Gaza Strip. At the same time, the High Commissioner of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini has said that Israel has not yet provided any evidence of the allegations that several UNRWA workers were involved in the Al-Aqsa Hurricane Operation in October 7 last year. Some Western countries, led by the United States, have cut off their aid to the UN organization due to baseless claims made by the brutal Israeli regime.

 In a move of its kind, the Jordanian Bar Association has announced that it has submitted a report to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), in collaboration with Arab lawyers and human rights organizations, and in collaboration with French lawyer Gilles Defer, against the leaders and individuals of the violent Israeli regime for committing the crime of genocide against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip. The head of the Jordanian Bar Association, Yahya Abu Aboud, has said that the legal team of the association has gone to the headquarters of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, with documents and evidence, to submit complaints related to the allegations. of committing "the crime of genocide in Palestine against Israel." Abu Aboud said in his interview with Qatar's Al Jazeera television that the report is the first of its kind presented before the ICC court, and is an official announcement to start legal charges against Israeli leaders at the political and military level. Abu Aboud has explained that the Jordanian Law Society has worked to collect the necessary documents and evidence about all the crimes committed by Israel against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, and fully submit them to the International Criminal Court to initiate an investigation. He pointed out that the lawyers based their case against the brutal Israeli regime on the case filed by South Africa at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). International Court of Justice It will be remembered that, on December 29, 2023, South Africa opened a case against the Zionist regime in the ICJ international court and on January 26, 2024, the court ordered Israel to take all possible measures to prevent the genocide in the Gaza Strip. Until now, the brutal Israeli regime has killed more than 27 thousand Palestinians, most of them women and children, and injured at least 66 thousand others.