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Outcry as Israel bans main UN Palestinian aid agency
Despite global concerns, including from Israel's ally the United States, lawmakers overwhelmingly voted to ban the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) from working in Israel and annexed east Jerusalem.
Israeli soldiers inside an evacuated compound of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in Gaza City, amid ongoing fighting between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision
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Israel faced an international backlash Tuesday after its parliament approved a bill banning the main United Nations aid agency for the devastated Gaza Strip, where deadly bombing continues.
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