Israeli Occupation Forces Disrupt Farewell of UNRWA Chief Karen Abu Zayd

Published today (updated) 10/12/2009 13:11

Jerusalem – Ma’an –

Israeli occupation government police ordered outgoing UNRWA Commissioner-General Karen Abu Zayd to leave an East Jerusalem home on Thursday during her last official visit as the head of the relief agency.

Ma’an’s reporter on the scene said Abu Zayd left after police gave her five minutes to evacuate the premises of the house of the Al-Kurd family, which was evicted by the Israeli government from their home.

Israeli occupation army soldiers were also on the scene, the reporter added. The forces also dispersed journalists from the area.

While in the Shaikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem, Abu Zayd delivered her last remarks as the head of UNRWA, the UN’s relief agency for Palestinian refugees.

She told the families and journalists that the international community had “unfinished business” in the occupied West Bank and Gaza.

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