UN staff in West Bank accuse Israeli authorities of campaign of harassment
by Jason Burke in Jerusalem from World news | The Guardian on (#6KF17)
Documents seen by the Guardian list hundreds of incidents, including Unrwa workers allegedly being blindfolded and beaten
UN staff working with Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have been subjected to a systematic campaign of obstruction and harassment by the Israeli military and authorities since the beginning of the conflict in Gaza five months ago, according to internal UN documents obtained by the Guardian.
The documents record hundreds of incidents ranging from the alleged blindfolding and beating of UN staff at checkpoints to the use of UN facilities by Israeli troops as firing positions during raids on refugee camps in which Palestinians were killed.
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