UN chief strongly condemns Israel’s decision to set up army base on UNRWA compound in East Jerusalem

UN chief Antonio Guterres on Wednesday strongly condemned Israel’s decision to establish military facilities at a UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) compound in occupied East Jerusalem, calling it “wholly unacceptable,” Anadolu reports. “The Secretary-General condemns in the strongest terms the Israeli authorities’ decision to establish military facilities at the UNRWA Sheikh Jarrah compound in East Jerusalem that they had seized in January,” his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a statement. Stressing that UNRWA is “an integral part of the United Nations,” the statement noted that the Sheikh Jarrah compound “remains United Nations premises,” adding that the measures constitute “a breach of the inviolability of United Nations premises” and undermine the agency’s mandate in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East […]