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Israel on Monday told the UN it was ending an agreement with UNRWA, the relief agency that provides vital aid to Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank, and beyond. Israel’s Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon made a statement welcoming the move to end UNRWA operations in Israel and the occupied territories, saying his country would instead work with other humanitarian organisations and accused the UN body of “terrorism”. The move follows the Israeli Knesset passing two laws that effectively ban UNRWA, votes that were almost universally condemned by the international community who said it will great…