Bill for the Cessation of UNRWA Activities in the Territory of the State of Israel, 5784

Summary

A Knesset bill for second reading and third reading, in an unofficial Adalah translation, whose stated purpose is to prevent any activity of UNRWA within the territory of the State of Israel: UNRWA shall not operate any representation, provide any services, or conduct any activities, directly or indirectly, within the sovereign territory of the State of Israel, from three months after publication; the file does not present the bill as enacted (Bill for the Cessation of UNRWA Activities, 5784–2024 (and Bill for the Cessation of UNRWA Activities in the Territory of the State of Israel, 5784–2024), PDF p.2).

Purpose (section 1, PDF p.2): the purpose of this law is to prevent any activity of UNRWA within the territory of the State of Israel.
Prohibition (section 2, PDF p.2): UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency) shall not operate any representation, provide any services, or conduct any activities, directly or indirectly, within the sovereign territory of the State of Israel.
Commencement (section 3, PDF p.2): three months from the date of its publication. No fixed-date section appears, unlike the companion bill on PDF p.1 of the same file.
Reporting (section 4, PDF p.2): the head of the National Security Council or his representative shall report to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee once every six months, and once every two months during the first year from commencement, on implementation.
The bill contains no non-contact clause, no clause terminating the 1967 exchange of letters and no criminal-proceedings clause; those appear only in the companion bill, Bill for the Cessation of UNRWA Activities, 5784–2024.

Resolution ES-10/25 deplores the Knesset legislation of 28 October 2024 and demands UNRWA’s unimpeded operation in Gaza and the West Bank including East Jerusalem. This bill’s prohibition is limited in its own text to the sovereign territory of the State of Israel and the file does not state that it was enacted; both are kept.