State asks High Court to reject challenge to anti-UNRWA laws ahead of Monday hearing
26.03.2026
At the center of the case are two laws passed by the Knesset in October 2024, one of them barring UNRWA activity in sovereign Israeli territory. The state urged theHigh Court of Justice on Wednesday to reject the amended petition against Israel’s anti-UNRWA legislation, arguing in an updated preliminary response that the petitioners still have not shown a concrete factual basis for claims that the laws caused sweeping harm in east Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Gaza ahead of the next hearing set