The UNRWA chief, Philippe Lazzarini, has warned that Israel's recent ban on the UN agency could have disastrous consequences. teleSUR
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00:00And the United Nations Agency for Palestine Refugees
00:02accused Israel of trying to sabotage the recovery
00:05and political transition of Gaza.
00:07UNRWA chief Philip Lazzarini made the accusation
00:09after the Zionist regime ordered to forcibly close the agency.
00:13Experts say that the government of Benjamin Netanyahu
00:15wants to strip the Palestinians of their refugee status
00:19and deny them their right to self-determination in addition
00:22to erasing their history and identity.
00:24Lazzarini argues that curtailing its operations in addition
00:27to undermining the ceasefire and compromising
00:30the international humanitarian response
00:32will sabotage the recovery and political transition of Gaza.