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Arab Parliament Urges Global Action Against Israeli Attempts to Dismantle UNRWA

UNRWA center targeted by Israeli shelling in northern Gaza (DPA)
UNRWA center targeted by Israeli shelling in northern Gaza (DPA)
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Arab Parliament Urges Global Action Against Israeli Attempts to Dismantle UNRWA

UNRWA center targeted by Israeli shelling in northern Gaza (DPA)
UNRWA center targeted by Israeli shelling in northern Gaza (DPA)

Arab Parliament Speaker Mohammed Ahmed Al-Yamahi has called on parliaments worldwide  to take urgent steps to counter the Israeli attempts to dismantle the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).
In messages to parliamentary leaders worldwide, Al-Yamahi highlighted the gravity of these moves, which, he stated, aim to erase UNRWA’s role and undermine the rights of Palestinian refugees, particularly their internationally recognized right of return, SPA reported.
He emphasized that UNRWA is a cornerstone of the international community’s commitment to Palestinian refugee rights and heritage, and that efforts to eliminate it represent a broader strategy to nullify the refugees’ right to return — a stance in direct violation of international law and United Nations resolutions.
Al-Yamahi urged global cooperation to safeguard UNRWA’s mission and ensure that it continues to provide essential services as mandated under UN Resolution 194 of 1948, which he underscored as fundamental to regional stability and the pursuit of a just, comprehensive peace. He reiterated that there is no viable substitute for UNRWA in fulfilling these humanitarian and stabilizing roles.
The Arab Parliament speaker also appealed to international and regional parliaments to adopt a unified position in defense of UNRWA, urging their respective governments to apply diplomatic pressure on the Israeli authorities to halt these actions.
He called for a “robust commitment to upholding international legitimacy, adherence to international law, and the cessation of prolonged violence and human rights violations against unarmed civilians, which have continued unabated for over a year”.

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Berri to Asharq Al-Awsat: Resolution 1701 Only Tangible Proposal to End Lebanon Conflict

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and US envoy Amos Hochstein in Beirut. (AFP file)
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and US envoy Amos Hochstein in Beirut. (AFP file)
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Berri to Asharq Al-Awsat: Resolution 1701 Only Tangible Proposal to End Lebanon Conflict

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and US envoy Amos Hochstein in Beirut. (AFP file)
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and US envoy Amos Hochstein in Beirut. (AFP file)

Politicians in Beirut said they have not received any credible information about Washington resuming its mediation efforts towards reaching a ceasefire in Lebanon despite reports to the contrary.

Efforts came to a halt after US envoy Amos Hochstein’s last visit to Beirut three weeks ago.

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri dismissed the reports as media fodder, saying nothing official has been received.

Lebanon is awaiting tangible proposals on which it can build its position, he told Asharq Al-Awsat.

The only credible proposal on the table is United Nations Security Council resolution 1701, whose articles must be implemented in full by Lebanon and Israel, “not just Lebanon alone,” he stressed.

Resolution 1701 was issued to end the 2006 July war between Hezbollah and Israel and calls for removing all weapons from southern Lebanon and that the only armed presence there be restricted to the army and UN peacekeepers.

Western diplomatic sources in Beirut told Asharq Al-Awsat that Berri opposes one of the most important articles of the proposed solution to end the current conflict between Hezbollah and Israel.

He is opposed to the German and British participation in the proposed mechanism to monitor the implementation of resolution 1701. The other participants are the United States and France.

Other sources said Berri is opposed to the mechanism itself since one is already available and it is embodied in the UN peacekeepers, whom the US and France can join.

The sources revealed that the solution to the conflict has a foreign and internal aspect. The foreign one includes Israel, the US and Russia and seeks guarantees that would prevent Hezbollah from rearming itself. The second covers Lebanese guarantees on the implementation of resolution 1701.

Berri refused to comment on the media reports, but told Asharq Al-Awsat that this was the first time that discussions are being held about guarantees.

He added that “Israel is now in crisis because it has failed to achieve its military objectives, so it has resorted to more killing and destruction undeterred.”

He highlighted the “steadfastness of the UN peacekeepers in the South who have refused to leave their positions despite the repeated Israeli attacks.”