Israel versus the UN: How it got this bad

Israel versus the UN: How it got this bad Submitted by Daniel Tester on Thu, 07/16/2026 - 13:18 Amid the genocide in Gaza, already tense relations between the United Nations and Israel have reached a new low A Palestinian boy holds a sack of flour at a United Nations Relief and Works Agency (Unrwa) aid distribution centre in Gaza City in April 2013 (AFP) On Israeli forces seized the last remaining facility run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, Unrwa, in occupied East Jerusalem on Tuesday. It’s but the latest fallout in the acrimonious relationship between Israel and the global organisation, which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and fellow politicians have said is biased against their country. In recent years, Israel has quit some of the UN’s dozens of bodies, offices, departments and specialised agencies.