AMMAN,
(PIC)-- UNRWA warned that the Israeli occupation authority
intends to take new "security measures" in occupied
Palestinian lands that will threaten its humanitarian work.
In a report prepared by UNRWA on its work in Palestine, it
stated that the agency has reached a stage where it cannot
carry out its humanitarian tasks for Palestinian refugees,
warning of the consequences of the Israeli intentions to
establish six crossing points in the West Bank further
obstructing the already complicated traffic movement of
personnel and humanitarian cargo.
The report underlined that continuing to build the apartheid
wall and imposing further restrictions on the movement of
personnel and humanitarian aid limit access of UNRWA
assistance to the affected communities, adding that increasing
the number of barriers and checkpoints leads to extra huge
expenses; besides, it is a waste of time and affects the
safety and quality of goods and food supplies provided to
Palestinian refugees.
The report considered that these Israeli new restrictions do
not care about or recognize the status of UNRWA as a
humanitarian organization affiliated with the UN, calling on
Israel to respect the agency's privileges in its capacity as
an international party.
The agency always warns of the deteriorating human conditions
in occupied Palestine, as it had indicated earlier that 70
percent of nearly one million and a half Palestinian citizens
in the Gaza Strip live under the poverty line and under the
threat of more poverty and want. It also highlighted that
80,000 Gaza citizens had lost their jobs and became dependent
on UNRWA to support their families.
