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FM Katz says his office canceled meetings with UNRWA head Lazzarini, ‘terror supporters not welcome’
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
The commissioner-general of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, Philippe Lazzarini, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the UNRWA headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon, December 6, 2023. (AP/Bilal Hussein)
Foreign Minister Israel Katz announces that he has canceled meetings planned for this week between ministry officials and UNRWA head Philippe Lazzarini.
“UNRWA employees participated in the massacre of October 7,” Katz tweets. “Lazzarini should draw conclusions and resign. Supporters of terrorism are not welcome here.”
Israel has accused at least a dozen UNRWA employees of taking part in Hamas’s onslaught against southern Israel, circulating a dossier of allegations to a number of countries.
