Hamas slams US decision to deprive UNRWA of legal immunity
The Hamas Movement has strongly denounced the US administration’s decision to strip UNRWA of its legal immunity, saying such a step highlights once again a continued bias in favor of the Israeli occupation’s policies and its relentless efforts to dismantle the UN agency.
“UNRWA stands as a profound political and humanitarian emblem, representing the inalienable rights of Palestinian refugees, including their right to receive relief assistance and their right to return to their hometowns from which they were forcibly evicted,” Hamas said in a statement on Saturday.
Describing its measure against UNRWA as “grave,” Hamas called on the US administration to reverse it immediately, and urged the international community to condemn and confront it.
Hamas also urged the international community to continue their support for UNRWA and protect its political and legal status as a UN body.
The Movement reiterated the need for Washington to end its “blind support” for the Israeli occupation regime and its war crimes and renounce its involvement in the ongoing aggression against the Palestinian people, especially in the Gaza Strip.
According to a document filed in a federal court in New York at the behest of president Donald Trump on Thursday, the US department of justice said that UNRWA is not entitled to immunity from lawsuits in the United States.