Israel notifies U.N. of end to relations with Palestinian relief agency

Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Israel has officially notified the United Nations that it is banning the organization's Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees from operating in the Israel-occupied Palestinian territories, accusing the humanitarian aid program of being "part of the problem."

In a letter dated Sunday but circulated online Monday, Foreign Ministry Director-General Jacob Blitshtein of Israel told U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres that was withdrawing from the 1967 agreement with UNRWA that allowed the relief agency to operate in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.

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