On Thursday 31 October, the EU High Representative, Josep Borrell, warned of the consequences of the Israeli Knesset’s adoption of laws banning the operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) on Israeli territory, including East Jerusalem, as well as the UN agency’s contacts with the Israeli authorities.
“The EU condemns any attempt to abrogate the 1967 agreement between Israel and UNRWA or to otherwise attempt to obstruct...