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Thursday, May 8, 2025
UNRWA chief decries closure of 6 agency schools in East Jerusalem
The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees condemns the closure of six UNRWA schools in East Jerusalem by Israeli forces as an “assault on children.”
“An assault on children. An assault on education. A sad day in occupied East Jerusalem… Storming schools & forcing them shut is a blatant disregard of international law,” Philippe Lazzarini writes on X. “These schools are inviolable premises of the United Nations.”
The closures were carried out in accordance with a law barring UNRWA from operating in Jerusalem over its ties to terror organizations.
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