Israel’s decision to ban UNRWA would represent a form of collective punishment for Gaza’s people if fully implemented, UN humanitarian office spokesperson Jens Laerke says.
“I think it is a fair description of what they have decided here, if implemented, that this would add to the acts of collective punishment that we have seen imposed on Gaza,” he said.
Collective punishment, which amounts to a war crime, is a term that refers to actions taken against a group in retaliation for acts by individual members of that group.
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