Qatar condemns Israel’s draft law banning UNRWA activities in occupied Palestine

Qatar has condemned, in the strongest terms, the Israeli Knesset’s approval of draft laws banning the activities of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in the occupied Palestinian territories.

The country said it was a dangerous precedent against the United Nations, and a terrifying development in the war of genocide waged by the occupation against the defenceless Palestinian people, and a continuation of its systematic targeting of the UN agency and its vital humanitarian activities.

Qatar’s spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr Majid bin Mohammed Al Ansari said stopping support for UNRWA would have disastrous consequences for the people of Gaza.

Al Ansari praised UNRWA's important role in helping millions not only in Gaza but also in the West Bank, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon.

“Stopping support for UNRWA would have disastrous consequences as it’ll prevent it from operating in the Palestinian territories. There’re more than six million Palestinians benefit from this agency's relief services,” he said.

Qatar has pledged $100m for providing humanitarian aid in Gaza.

“The situation in Gaza has reached a stage where condemnations cannot keep up with the number of crimes, as the Israeli massacres have become more than what can be condemned on a daily basis,” said the official.

He reiterated Qatar’s clear position on the crimes of the occupation, whether targeting civilian objects, hospitals, and schools, or targeting the displaced, or starvation and siege imposed on northern Gaza, and at the same time targeting Lebanon, where more than 2,700 people have so far been killed.

“This is a clear indication of the lack of respect for international human rights law and its value in this war.”

He said Qatar would continue to play its role in ending the crisis by keeping mediation and communication channels open and supporting all regional and international efforts for the same. He emphasized the need for the international community to take action and not remain silent about atrocities in Gaza.

“We must take a clear position in order to confirm that the institutions of the international community are still internationally respected and able to do their work with the support of the various powers in the world.”

To a question about constant accusations levelled against Qatar by some section of foreign press for mediating war on Gaza, he said, “We in Qatar have stamina in dealing with such baseless accusations and the negative treatment of the important role played by the state in the mediation framework.

“We aren’t concerned with any reports that contradict reality and do not communicate directly with the mediators, whether in Qatar or in Egypt and the USA.”

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