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Israel’s parliament is set to vote on two controversial draft laws on Monday that would impose massive restrictions on the work of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). The aim of the bill, which was proposed by members of parliament from both the government and the opposition, is to have UNRWA designated as a terrorist organization and to prohibit Israeli authorities from having any contact with the organization. It would also ban the agency’s work in Israeli-occupied territory. UN Secretary General António Guterres has spoken out strongly…