Knesset confronts UNRWA’s Hamas collaboration as Arab-backed propaganda collapses under overwhelming Israeli evidence.
Israel took another decisive step on Wednesday to dismantle the scandal-ridden UN agency long accused of enabling Hamas terror. The Knesset Plenum approved, in its first reading, a powerful amendment to the Bill for Stopping the Activity of UNRWA, intensifying Israel’s campaign to remove the organization from all areas under Israeli control.
The amendment, backed by the government and reinforced by private bills from MKs Limor Son Har-Melech (Otzma Yehudit) and Yulia Malinovsky (Yisrael Beytenu), passed with 28 votes in favor and only eight opposed. The legislation now moves to the House Committee for further routing.
Under the proposed law, no Israeli electricity or water provider will be allowed to supply any property registered under UNRWA’s name, effectively cutting off the organization’s operational infrastructure. Additionally, the state will gain authority to seize Israeli land previously used by UNRWA compounds, returning those areas to full Israeli control.
This bill builds on Israel’s sweeping 2024–2025 measures to terminate all cooperation with UNRWA. Shortly after similar legislation passed last year, then-Foreign Minister Israel Katz canceled the 1967 agreement that originally permitted UNRWA’s operations in Israel. Those restrictions officially became law on January 30.
Israel’s case against UNRWA has grown airtight. Jerusalem has long warned the world of UNRWA’s embedded relationship with Hamas, but the global community turned a blind eye — until Israel’s 2024 intelligence revelations exposed the agency’s darkest secrets.
Israel presented irrefutable evidence showing UNRWA workers helped kidnap Israeli civilians, distributed ammunition, and actively participated in the October 7th Hamas massacre, including at Kibbutz Be’eri, where 97 Israelis were slaughtered. Former hostage Emily Damari, freed after 470 days in captivity, confirmed she was held inside a UNRWA facility — a shocking testament to the agency’s complicity.
Even after these revelations, UN Secretary-General António Guterres formed a review team led by former French FM Catherine Colonna that downplayed Israeli findings, admitting only “neutrality issues” while absurdly claiming Israel had not proven links between UNRWA staff and terrorist organizations. The report was widely criticized as a whitewash.
In April 2025, USAID revealed that UN bodies in Gaza actively obstructed U.S. counterterror investigations, further proving the agency’s alignment with Hamas.
Despite massive evidence, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) recently ruled that Israel must facilitate humanitarian aid into Gaza through UN agencies including UNRWA, a decision denounced by both Israel and the United States for granting legitimacy to an organization intertwined with terrorists.
Israel’s new legislation signals the nation’s refusal to allow UNRWA — or any Hamas-linked entity — to operate on Israeli soil ever again.Israel took another decisive step on Wednesday to dismantle the scandal-ridden UN agency long accused of enabling Hamas terror. The Knesset Plenum approved, in its first reading, a powerful amendment to the Bill for Stopping the Activity of UNRWA, intensifying Israel’s campaign to remove the organization from all areas under Israeli control.
The amendment, backed by the government and reinforced by private bills from MKs Limor Son Har-Melech (Otzma Yehudit) and Yulia Malinovsky (Yisrael Beytenu), passed with 28 votes in favor and only eight opposed. The legislation now moves to the House Committee for further routing.
Under the proposed law, no Israeli electricity or water provider will be allowed to supply any property registered under UNRWA’s name, effectively cutting off the organization’s operational infrastructure. Additionally, the state will gain authority to seize Israeli land previously used by UNRWA compounds, returning those areas to full Israeli control.
This bill builds on Israel’s sweeping 2024–2025 measures to terminate all cooperation with UNRWA. Shortly after similar legislation passed last year, then-Foreign Minister Israel Katz canceled the 1967 agreement that originally permitted UNRWA’s operations in Israel. Those restrictions officially became law on January 30.
Israel’s case against UNRWA has grown airtight. Jerusalem has long warned the world of UNRWA’s embedded relationship with Hamas, but the global community turned a blind eye — until Israel’s 2024 intelligence revelations exposed the agency’s darkest secrets.
Israel presented irrefutable evidence showing UNRWA workers helped kidnap Israeli civilians, distributed ammunition, and actively participated in the October 7th Hamas massacre, including at Kibbutz Be’eri, where 97 Israelis were slaughtered. Former hostage Emily Damari, freed after 470 days in captivity, confirmed she was held inside a UNRWA facility — a shocking testament to the agency’s complicity.
Even after these revelations, UN Secretary-General António Guterres formed a review team led by former French FM Catherine Colonna that downplayed Israeli findings, admitting only “neutrality issues” while absurdly claiming Israel had not proven links between UNRWA staff and terrorist organizations. The report was widely criticized as a whitewash.
In April 2025, USAID revealed that UN bodies in Gaza actively obstructed U.S. counterterror investigations, further proving the agency’s alignment with Hamas.
Despite massive evidence, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) recently ruled that Israel must facilitate humanitarian aid into Gaza through UN agencies including UNRWA, a decision denounced by both Israel and the United States for granting legitimacy to an organization intertwined with terrorists.
Israel’s new legislation signals the nation’s refusal to allow UNRWA — or any Hamas-linked entity — to operate on Israeli soil ever again.
