Two Israeli laws in force since January 2025 bar UNRWA from operating in territory under Israeli sovereignty and prohibit state contact with it; a December 2025 amendment extends that to electricity, water and banking. The ICJ found in October 2025 that Israel must facilitate relief including by UNRWA.
UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East subject to restrictions by Israel and the Levant. A directional arrangement: the two parties do not hold the same position in it. Authored once and read from both ends.
Die Vereinbarung
- Status
- AktivIn Kraft und in Anwendung. Sagt nichts darüber aus, wie gut es funktioniert oder in welche Richtung es sich bewegt.Letzte wesentliche Änderung: 2025-12-29.
- Was sie umfasst
- Humanitäre LageInstitutionellRechtlich und vertraglichKategorien, die die Vereinbarung nachweislich umfasst. Kein Maß: Eine Beziehung, die mehr davon umfasst, ist ausführlicher beschrieben, nicht gefestigter.
Zusammenfassung
On 28 October 2024 the Knesset passed two laws: one barring UNRWA from operating in territory under Israeli sovereignty, the other prohibiting contact between Israeli state bodies and the agency. They took effect at the end of January 2025. An amendment passed on 29 December 2025 defines the supply of electricity, water and banking services to UNRWA facilities as prohibited contact, and in January 2026 it was applied to the agency's East Jerusalem sites, which a rights organisation challenged in court. Israel's position is that the agency is compromised by Hamas; a UN internal oversight review made findings concerning nine staff members. The ICJ's advisory opinion of 22 October 2025 found that Israel, as occupying power, must ensure the population's basic needs and facilitate relief, including by UNRWA, and rejected Israel's allegations about the agency's neutrality; the opinion is not binding, and Israel has rejected its findings. UNRWA has since cut staff in Gaza.
Warum es wichtig ist
UNRWA runs schools, clinics and services for refugees in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and the laws turn its operation into a question of Israeli law at every crossing and site Israel controls. Resolution 2803 routes Gaza's aid through the UN, the Red Cross and the Red Crescent without naming UNRWA, so the agency's place in Gaza's recovery is not settled by the arrangements now in force.
Verwandte Ereignisse
- Die Knesset verabschiedet zwei Gesetze gegen das UNRWA 28. Okt. 2024 (in Kraft Jan. 2025)
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Was unbekannt bleibt
- The texts of the 2024 laws and the December 2025 amendment were not read; their provisions come from the event record and reporting.
- Which UNRWA operations continue in Gaza and the West Bank, and with what international staff, is not established from a current UNRWA figure.
Lesarten, die die Belege ebenfalls stützen
- Israel presents the laws as security measures against an agency it says Hamas penetrated; the agency treats them as obstruction of relief, and the ICJ found Israel obliged to facilitate it. The record states the measures and attributes both positions.
Aufgeführt, weil die Einschätzung des Eintrags nicht die einzige ist, die seine Quellen zulassen — nicht als Absicherung der obigen Einschätzung.
Watch-Fragen, für die diese Beziehung relevant ist
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