GENEVA: Israel is actively encouraging UN agencies and other aid groups to take over the work of the UN Palestinian relief agency (UNRWA) in Gaza, Israel’s ambassador said on Monday, after banning the agency on Israeli territory in January.
“We, the State of Israel, are working to find substitute to the act, to the work of UNRWA inside Gaza,” Daniel Meron, Israel’s ambassador to the UN in Geneva, told reporters.
He declined to give specifics but said Israel was “encouraging the UN agencies and NGOs to take over each one in its own field that they specialize in.”
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Israel urging UN agencies, aid groups to replace UNRWA in Gaza, envoy says
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Italy summons Israeli ambassador over Ramallah gun threat
- Italian foreign ministry says two of its police officers were threatened at gunpoint
ROME: The Italian government said Monday it was summoning the Israeli ambassador to Rome after two of its police officers were threatened at gunpoint near Ramallah.
The two carabinieri officers, stationed at Italy’s consulate general in Jerusalem, “were stopped in Palestinian territory, near Ramallah, probably by a ‘settler’ under the threat of an automatic rifle,” a foreign ministry statement said.
Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani requested the ambassador be summoned “to seek clarification” and confirm Italy’s “strong protest” over Sunday’s incident, the ministry said.
Italy’s embassy in Tel Aviv had lodged a formal protest over the incident, the ministry added.
The two carabinieri officers, stationed at Italy’s consulate general in Jerusalem, “were stopped in Palestinian territory, near Ramallah, probably by a ‘settler’ under the threat of an automatic rifle,” a foreign ministry statement said.
Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani requested the ambassador be summoned “to seek clarification” and confirm Italy’s “strong protest” over Sunday’s incident, the ministry said.
Italy’s embassy in Tel Aviv had lodged a formal protest over the incident, the ministry added.
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