Editorial: Le Monde

• Israeli authorities are looking for scapegoats to conceal political errors, focusing their efforts in criticizing the United Nations and the UNRWA (UN's Agency for Palestinian refugees).
• The Knesset decided to prohibit UNRWA's activities in Israel, causing peril for vital aid to Gaza.
• The involvement of UNRWA staff in violent actions against civilians tarnished the agency's reputation, but an international audit found lack of evidence for the accusations of massive infiltration.
• Israel's determination against UNRWA seems to be an attempt to delete the Palestinian refugee problem from the list of conflicts.
• Israel has also declared the UN Secretary General as persona non grata and demands the withdrawal of UN forces from southern Lebanon.
• The continued military intervention of Israel in Gaza perpetuates the conflict and its horrors.

Conclusion: Israel appears to be bent on delegitimizing the UN and its agencies in an attempt to erase the conflict with the Palestinians, but this strategy only further destabilizes situation and perpetuates the conflict.

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