The Israel Land Authority has informed the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) to vacate its premises in the Ma’alot Dafna neighborhood of East Jerusalem within 30 days. .
The statement sent to the UN agency points out that it must “immediately stop any illegal use, destroy everything that was built in violation of the law, vacate the land of any people or items and return it to the Authority within 30 days from the date of this letter.”
According to the Times of Israel newspaper, the measure was taken after approval of a demand by Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf to remove UNRWA from any state-owned land it is currently occupying.
Also according to the Israeli newspaper, the Land Authority informed in the statement to the UN agency that the latter owes it 27.1 million new Israeli shekels (around R$38 million) for occupying the property without consent for the last seven years.
The news site Ynet reported that despite knowing about the problems for years, the Israel Land Authority only decided to take action now due to the war against Hamas in Gaza and accusations that UNRWA officials took part in the October terrorist attacks. last year.
This Wednesday (29), the Knesset, Israel’s Parliament, approved in a preliminary vote a bill to designate the UN agency as a terrorist organization.
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