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MALAYSIA STRONGLY CONDEMNS ISRAELI KNESSET’S DECISION TO BAN UNRWA

OPERATIONS IN JERUSALEM, GAZA AND THE WEST BANK 

 

Malaysia unequivocally condemns the so-called legislation of the Israeli Knesset banning the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in the Occupied Palestinian Territory of Jerusalem, West Bank and Gaza.

Malaysia denounces this move as a blatant assault against a United Nations Agency. It is a serious insult to the international community and the sanctity of an international humanitarian agency.

Malaysia further underscores that the Zionist Israeli regime holds no sovereignty over the occupied State of Palestine, including East Jerusalem, where UNRWA’s presence is welcomed by an agreement between Palestine and the United Nations.

UNRWA was established by the United Nations General Assembly and has been instrumental to providing an essential lifeline for over 5.9 million Palestinians in Palestine and Palestinian refugees across the Middle East, providing critical services in education, healthcare, and humanitarian aid, particularly amid the ongoing conflict.

This so-called legislation seemingly seeks to legalise what is clearly an illegal and deliberate action of the Zionist Israeli regime to dismantle UNRWA as part of its strategy to erase the Palestinian refugee issue and undermine the right of return, which is upheld by UN General Assembly Resolution 194, and starve those surviving the unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe and genocide in Gaza.

Malaysia remains steadfast in its support for UNRWA. The international community must take immediate, decisive action against the so-called legislation to safeguard the Agency, and to end the genocide against the Palestinians.

 

PUTRAJAYA

30 October 2024