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\r\n\tIsrael has rebuffed a United Nations demand for the immediate release of a UN employee that Israel arrested on allegations of using his position to divert aid cash to Hamas.<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\tThe UN’s Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) sent a letter to Israel’s Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, requesting the release of Waheed Al-Bursh, an UNDP worker who was arrested in July for allegedly assisting the Hamas resistance group, saying he should receive diplomatic immunity.<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t“Israel operates according to the law, and we continue to do so in this case as well,” claimed Danon in response to the letter.<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t“We do not grant immunity to terrorists trying to harm our citizens.”<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\tThe UN said that any employee of the organization should receive the privilege of diplomatic immunity by local authorities and that until Al-Bursh's release from prison he should be granted visits by the organization.<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t“The UN and other organizations must implement a comprehensive reform of the humanitarian aid mechanism in Gaza,” Danon further alleged.<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t“Any dollar spent, and any local hired by an international organization, must be monitored.”<\/p>","content_source":null,"content_url":null,"content_columns":"0","content_date_start":"2016-08-26 15:17:25","content_date_finish":"2016-08-26 15:17:25","content_date_register":"2016-08-26 15:17:25","content_date_last_edit":"0000-00-00 00:00:00","content_show_img":"1","content_show_details":"1","content_show_related_img":"1","content_show_slider":"1","content_show_title_slider":"1","content_comment":"0","content_score":"0","content_recorded":"0","content_confirmed":"1","content_status":"1","content_kind":"0","old_id":"127771","tag_id":null,"tag_word":null,"tag_service":null,"tag_total":null,"tag_soundex":null,"attach_token":"4158494600","attach_date_register":"2016-08-26 15:17:28","attach_id":"136441","attach_file_ext":"jpg","attach_file_header":"image\/jpeg","attach_img_type":"2","attach_img_width":"888","attach_img_height":"593","attach_file_media":"1","attach_show_watermark":"0","score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"visit_count":"152","visit_date_last":"2025-05-12 21:43:21","attach_title":"Israel rebuffs UN request to release staff","node_title":"news","ot_node_left_right":"[{\"node_id\":122, \"left\":2, \"right\":53}]"}]]