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The five Nordic countries say they are “deeply concerned by the recent introduction of draft legal bills in the Knesset that, if adopted, would prevent the UNRWA from continuing its operations in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Gaza.”
In a joint letter signed by the region’s foreign ministers, they say that if the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees “would no longer be able to exercise its core tasks,” it could further destabilize the situation in the region, “and may fundamentally jeopardize the prospects for a two-state solution.”
In the letter, they “strongly urge Israel to ensure continued and unhindered humanitarian access” to Palestinian refugees for the UN body known as UNRWA.
