Palestine condemns Israeli approval of defense complex

Israel’s approval of building a new defense complex at the site of the former headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in East Jerusalem is a “serious violation of international law,” the Palestinian Foreign Ministry said Monday.
In a press statement, the ministry said converting the UNRWA headquarters into Israeli military and security installations “represents a dangerous precedent that threatens the international legal system and directly undermines the legal foundations governing the work of the United Nations and its institutions and their immunity in occupied territories.”