(29 Oct 2024)
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Jerusalem – 29 October 2024
1. Israel’s parliament, the Knesset
2. Knesset member Boaz Bismuth taking seat
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Boaz Bismuth, Knesset member and cosponsor of bill banning UNRWA from Israel:
"Ever since last night when the bill passed, the amount of messages I received – support messages from people who are left or right, secular, Orthodox – Israel has been really, really, really touched. This is a country that is fighting and mourning in parallel. My bill yesterday is a bill that tells the world what was before the 7th (of October) – we shall not tolerate after the 7th. An organisation or an agency that calls itself humanitarian and participates in a massacre will not function in my country."
4. Bismuth speaking, UPSOUND (English): "I can guarantee you I would have never passed this bill – although it’s important – if I would have known that the kid will not be able to go to a doctor, not have his glass of water or not go to school and learn properly. This is who we are."
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Boaz Bismuth, Knesset member and cosponsor of bill banning UNRWA from Israel:
"Look, my bill, they cannot work here any more. So there’s a technical issue and of course, I mean, if you cannot work in Israel and you’ve got a visa, a working visa, then it’s a logical assumption. You know, you don’t have to be… So of course, I mean, you do not prolong. So, it’s as easy as that. Yet, yet, you have to understand, again, the spirit of the bill. We have nothing against international community, against foreigners, against the idea of humanitarian aid. This is what Israel is providing. It’s about the fact that UNRWA participated in the massacre of the 7th of October."
6. Bismuth speaking, UPSOUND (English): "Things are being seen, how to find alternative to UNRWA, also in Gaza. I think it’s about time."
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Boaz Bismuth, Knesset member and cosponsor of bill banning UNRWA from Israel:
"There will not be a vacuum. It’s not because, I mean, they were helping yesterday (that) someone else cannot do the job tomorrow. The job will be done. Because I will ask you the same thing in Gaza. You can tell me, you know, Hamas is there, is reigning in Gaza. I mean, you kick them away, so who will control? Someone else. It’s as easy as that. And it will be found. Other people can do it and will do it, and will do it beautifully without being terrorists."
8. Various of Knesset member Ahmad Tibi from the Ta’al Party watching a vote in parliament on screen
9. Wide of Tibi speaking
10. Tibi speaking, UPSOUND (English): "(In) Every town and village in the West Bank and Gaza, there are schools, clinics, health services, students. It’s day to day life.”
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Ahmad Tibi, Knesset member who opposed a ban on the U.N. agency, UNRWA:
"UNRWA is a part, (an) inherent part, of the life of Palestinians from childhood and go on (onwards). Medical care, education, relief, students… There is no alternative meanwhile for the UNRWA. Those who banned UNRWA knew and realised that they are causing (a) devastating effect on the Palestinian society."
12. Tibi speaking, UPSOUND (English): "This will paralyse the activities, even in the West Bank. This will affect the activities, even in the West Bank."
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Ahmad Tibi, Knesset member who opposed a ban on the U.N. agency, UNRWA:
14. Various of Israeli flags flying at Knesset
STORYLINE:
One of the bills passed on Monday evening bans all UNRWA activities and services on Israeli soil and is set to take effect in three months.
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